Wraith Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCC DEFE CGGG EHIH AIAI JBKB| Thin Rain whom are you haunting | A |
| That you haunt my door | B |
| Surely it is not I she's wanting | A |
| Someone living here before | B |
| Nobody's in the house but me | C |
| You may come in if you like and see | C |
| - | |
| Thin as thread with exquisite fingers | D |
| Have you seen her any of you | E |
| Grey shawl and leaning on the wind | F |
| And the garden showing through | E |
| - | |
| Glimmering eyes and silent mostly | C |
| Sort of a whisper sort of a purr | G |
| Asking something asking it over | G |
| If you get a sound from her | G |
| - | |
| Ever see her any of you | E |
| Strangest thing I've ever known | H |
| Every night since I moved in | I |
| And I came to be alone | H |
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| Thin Rain hush with your knocking | A |
| You may not come in | I |
| This is I that you hear rocking | A |
| Nobody's with me nor has been | I |
| - | |
| Curious how she tried the window | J |
| Odd the way she tries the door | B |
| Wonder just what sort of people | K |
| Could have had this house before | B |
Edna St. Vincent Millay
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