Winter Sleep Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBA CDDC EFFG HIIH| I know it must be winter though I sleep | A |
| I know it must be winter for I dream | B |
| I dip my bare feet in the running stream | B |
| And flowers are many and the grass grows deep | A |
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| I know I must be old how age deceives | C |
| I know I must be old for all unseen | D |
| My heart grows young as autumn fields grow green | D |
| When late rains patter on the falling sheaves | C |
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| I know I must be tired and tired souls err | E |
| I know I must be tired for all my soul | F |
| To deeds of daring beats a glad faint roll | F |
| As storms the riven pine to music stir | G |
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| I know I must be dying Death draws near | H |
| I know I must be dying for I crave | I |
| Life life strong life and think not of the grave | I |
| And turf bound silence in the frosty year | H |
Edith M. Thomas
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