In The Cool Night Air Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGHGH IJIJKLKL MNMNOPOP| The bistred day has fallen still | A |
| A darkened mead hangs overhead | B |
| The hush within the evening chill | A |
| Chants now the yore is gone to bed | B |
| A gently breeze steals from the west | C |
| Cool along the shadowed lanes | D |
| The sunburned broil now at rest | C |
| Its warmth has gone though still remains | D |
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| The cool night air stands all alone | E |
| Anon the past has gone to sleep | F |
| Daytime secrets tossed and blown | E |
| The faithful night for ere to keep | F |
| Secrets that the breeze fears speak | G |
| Winnowing in the night time swell | H |
| Brushing eastward 'gainst your cheek | G |
| The whispered wind mayn't kiss n tell | H |
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| Evensong is served this eve | I |
| All around the moonlit shrine | J |
| Absolution cedes when you believe | I |
| The cool night air is sweet as wine | J |
| Drink your fill in solemn thought | K |
| Let your mind escape within | L |
| Cleanse your conscience ever fraught | K |
| Save your soul Confess your sin | L |
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| Here beneath a cloudless sky | M |
| You're not alone You seldom are | N |
| Within the dim nocturnals fly | M |
| As someone watches from afar | N |
| So mediate your faith elate | O |
| Ruminate and yet beware | P |
| Intoxicate your mindless state | O |
| Drinking in the cool night air | P |
Alan S Jeeves
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