To Sleep Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJIJ KLKL| I will find out a place for thee O Sleep | A |
| A hidden wood among the hill tops green | B |
| Full of soft streams and little winds that creep | A |
| The murmuring boughs between | B |
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| A hollow cup above the ocean placed | C |
| Where nothing rough nor loud nor harsh shall be | D |
| But woodland light and shadow interlaced | C |
| And summer sky and sea | D |
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| There in the fragrant twilight I will raise | E |
| A secret altar of the rich sea sod | F |
| Whereat to offer sacrifice and praise | E |
| Unto my lonely god | F |
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| Due sacrifice of his own drowsy flowers | G |
| The deadening poppies in an ocean shell | H |
| Round which through all forgotten days and hours | G |
| The great seas wove their spell | H |
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| So may he send me dreams of dear delight | I |
| And draughts of cool oblivion quenching pain | J |
| And sweet half wakeful moments in the night | I |
| To hear the falling rain | J |
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| And when he meets me at the dusk of day | K |
| To call me home for ever this I ask | L |
| That he may lead me friendly on that way | K |
| And wear no frightful mask | L |
Clive Staples Lewis
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