The Promise Of Sleep Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAC DBDB EFEF GHIH| i Put the sweet thoughts from out thy mind | A |
| The dreams from out thy breast | B |
| No joy for thee but thou shalt find | A |
| Thy rest i | C |
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| All day I could not work for woe | D |
| I could not work nor rest | B |
| The trouble drove me to and fro | D |
| Like a leaf on the storm's breast | B |
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| Night came and saw my sorrow cease | E |
| Sleep in the chamber stole | F |
| Peace crept about my limbs and peace | E |
| Fell on my stormy soul | F |
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| And now I think of only this | G |
| How I again may woo | H |
| The gentle sleep who promises | I |
| That death is gentle too | H |
Amy Levy
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