Bedtime Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCDD EEFFGG HIIIJJ KKLLMM NNAAOO| It's bedtime and we lock the door | A |
| Put out the lights the day is o'er | B |
| All that can come of good or ill | C |
| The record of this day to fill | C |
| Is written down the worries cease | D |
| And old and young may rest in peace | D |
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| We knew not when we started out | E |
| What dangers hedged us all about | E |
| What little pleasures we should gain | F |
| What should be ours to bear of pain | F |
| But now the fires are burning low | G |
| And this day's history we know | G |
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| No harm has come The laughter here | H |
| Has been unbroken by a tear | I |
| We've met no hurt too great to bear | I |
| We have not had to bow to care | I |
| The children all are safe in bed | J |
| There's nothing now for us to dread | J |
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| When bedtime comes and we can say | K |
| That we have safely lived the day | K |
| How sweet the calm that settles down | L |
| And shuts away the noisy town | L |
| There is no danger now to fear | M |
| Until to morrow shall appear | M |
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| When the long bedtime comes and I | N |
| In sleep eternal come to lie | N |
| When life has nothing more in store | A |
| And silently I close the door | A |
| God grant my weary soul may claim | O |
| Security from hurt and shame | O |
Edgar Albert Guest
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