Sonnet Lxvi: The Night-flood Rakes Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCDEDEDDE| The night flood rakes upon the stony shore | A |
| Along the rugged cliffs and chalky caves | B |
| Mourns the hoarse Ocean seeming to deplore | A |
| All that are buried in his restless waves | B |
| Mined by corrosive tides the hollow rock | C |
| Falls prone and rushing from its turfy height | D |
| Shakes the broad beach with long resounding shock | C |
| Loud thundering on the ear of sullen Night | D |
| Above the desolate and stormy deep | E |
| Gleams the wan Moon by floating mist opprest | D |
| Yet here while youth and health and labour sleep | E |
| Alone I wander Calm untroubled rest | D |
| Nature's soft nurse deserts the sigh swoln breast | D |
| And shuns the eyes that only wake to weep | E |
Charlotte Smith
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