Moorland Night Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGH IJKLMNOPQRSTTPUQVG| My face is against the grass the moorland grass is wet | A |
| My eyes are shut against the grass against my lips there are the little blades | B |
| Over my head the curlews call And now there is the night wind in my hair | C |
| My heart is against the grass and the sweet earth it has gone still at last | D |
| It does not want to beat any more | E |
| And why should it beat | F |
| This is the end of the journey | G |
| The Thing is found | H |
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| This is the end of all the roads | I |
| Over the grass there is the night dew | J |
| And the wind that drives up from the sea along the moorland road | K |
| I hear a curlew start out from the heath | L |
| And fly off calling through the dusk | M |
| The wild long rippling call | N |
| The Thing is found and I am quiet with the earth | O |
| Perhaps the earth will hold it or the wind or that bird's cry | P |
| But it is not for long in any life I know This cannot stay | Q |
| Not now not yet not in a dying world with me for very long | R |
| I leave it here | S |
| And one day the wet grass may give it back | T |
| One day the quiet earth may give it back | T |
| The calling birds may give it back as they go by | P |
| To someone walking on the moor who starves for love and will not know | U |
| Who gave it to all these to give away | Q |
| Or if I come and ask for it again | V |
| Oh then to me | G |
Charlotte Mary Mew
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