Nocturne Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCCDCCC AEFABGCHICJA K| It is late at night | A |
| And the North Star is shining | B |
| The mist covers the rice fields | C |
| And the bamboos | C |
| Are whispering full of crickets | C |
| The watch beats on the iron wood gong | D |
| And priests are ringing the pagoda bells | C |
| We hear the far away games of peasants | C |
| And distant singing in the cottages | C |
| - | |
| It is late at night | A |
| As we talk gently | E |
| Sitting by one another | F |
| Life is as beautiful as night | A |
| The red moon is rising | B |
| On the mountain side | G |
| Like a fire started among the trees | C |
| There is the North Star | H |
| Shining like a paper lantern | I |
| The light air brings dew to our faces | C |
| And the sound of tamtams beaten far away | J |
| Let us sit like this all night | A |
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| Song of Annam | K |
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