Nocturne Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BB CC DE FF GG HH II JJ KK L BB| The earth still heavy and warm with afternoon | A |
| Dazed by the moon | A |
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| The earth tormented with the moon s light | B |
| Wandering in the night | B |
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| La La The moon is a lovely thing to see | C |
| The moon is an agony | C |
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| Full moon moon rise the old old pain | D |
| Of brightness in dilated eyes | E |
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| The ache of still | F |
| Elbows leaning on the narrow sill | F |
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| Of motionless cold hands upon the wet | G |
| Marble of the parapet | G |
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| Of open eyelids of a child behind | H |
| The crooked glimmer of the windown blind | H |
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| Of sliding faint remindful squares | I |
| Across the lamplight on the rocking chairs | I |
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| Why do we stand so late | J |
| Stiff fingers on the moonlit gate | J |
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| Why do we stand | K |
| To watch so long the fall of moonlight on the sand | K |
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| What is it we cannot recall | L |
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| Tormented by the moon s light | B |
| The earth turns maundering through the night | B |
Archibald Macleish
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