The Requital Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDB EFGFDF DHGHIH GGGGJG KLKLKL MNKNDN AOPOGO EQGQCQ PRDRPR KILIEI| LOUD roared the tempest | A |
| Fast fell the sleet | B |
| A little Child Angel | C |
| Passed down the street | B |
| With trailing pinions | D |
| And weary feet | B |
| - | |
| The moon was hidden | E |
| No stars were bright | F |
| So she could not shelter | G |
| In heaven that night | F |
| For the Angels ladders | D |
| Are rays of light | F |
| - | |
| She beat her wings | D |
| At each windowpane | H |
| And pleaded for shelter | G |
| But all in vain | H |
| Listen they said | I |
| To the pelting rain | H |
| - | |
| She sobb d as the laughter | G |
| And mirth grew higher | G |
| Give me rest and shelter | G |
| Beside your fire | G |
| And I will give you | J |
| Your heart s desire | G |
| - | |
| The dreamer sat watching | K |
| His embers gleam | L |
| While his heart was floating | K |
| Down hope s bright stream | L |
| So he wove her wailing | K |
| Into his dream | L |
| - | |
| The worker toil d on | M |
| For his time was brief | N |
| The mourner was nursing | K |
| Her own pale grief | N |
| They heard not the promise | D |
| That brought relief | N |
| - | |
| But fiercer the tempest | A |
| Rose than before | O |
| When the Angel paus d | P |
| At a humble door | O |
| And ask d for shelter | G |
| And help once more | O |
| - | |
| A weary woman | E |
| Pale worn and thin | Q |
| With the brand upon her | G |
| Of want and sin | Q |
| Heard the Child Angel | C |
| And took her in | Q |
| - | |
| Took her in gently | P |
| And did her best | R |
| To dry her pinions | D |
| And made her rest | R |
| With tender pity | P |
| Upon her breast | R |
| - | |
| When the eastern morning | K |
| Grew bright and red | I |
| Up the first sunbeam | L |
| The Angel fled | I |
| Having kiss d the woman | E |
| And left her dead | I |
Adelaide Anne Procter
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