The Penintent Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABAB CDCDED FGFGFG HIHIH| 'NEVER ' he said 'nevermore | A |
| In the murmuring stillness of night | B |
| Shall I wait for her hand on my door | A |
| Confident light | B |
| Still is the night as before | A |
| And the stars unforgettably bright | B |
| - | |
| 'Once from the deep woodland calms | C |
| At midnight a wild wind broke | D |
| Shaking the cedars and palms | C |
| And the silver gray oak | D |
| And she who had slept in my arms | E |
| Suddenly woke | D |
| - | |
| 'Pity me then for it blew | F |
| Last night again from the woodlands so deep | G |
| Where mosses and moisture and dew | F |
| Verdure eternal keep | G |
| From the brooks and the glades that we knew | F |
| It woke me from sleep | G |
| - | |
| 'How can she know and refrain | H |
| How being mine can she leave me like this | I |
| Go when this only is plain | H |
| Life is no more than our kiss | I |
| Life is so lavish of pain | H |
| So niggard of bliss ' | - |
Alice Duer Miller
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