Before Sunrise Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEDE FGFG HIHI| I rose in that hushed hour before the dawn | A |
| Unveils its wonder old yet ever new | B |
| When still the night lies languidly upon | C |
| The earth though stars are growing faint and few | B |
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| Up the long path I went nor paused to rest | D |
| Along the cool dark way till on the hill | E |
| I stood where dawn's first breeze my brow caressed | D |
| With mingled odorous breath and mountain chill | E |
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| To west hung heavily the drowsy night | F |
| Weighted with fog low clinging grey and dim | G |
| Adown each valley and about each height | F |
| Thro' which the sinking stars appeared to swim | G |
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| I turned and lo how pale the eastland's face | H |
| As if it mourned the starlit night's decline | I |
| Ere youthful Day coming with eager pace | H |
| With kisses should that cheek incarnadine | I |
Clark Ashton Smith
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