John Evereldown Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABAAAB CBCBCCCB DBDBDDDB EBEBEEEB| Where are you going to night to night | A |
| Where are you going John Evereldown | B |
| There's never the sign of a star in sight | A |
| Nor a lamp that's nearer than Tilbury Town | B |
| Why do you stare as a dead man might | A |
| Where are you pointing away from the light | A |
| And where are you going to night to night | A |
| Where are you going John Evereldown | B |
| - | |
| Right through the forest where none can see | C |
| There's where I'm going to Tilbury Town | B |
| The men are asleep or awake may be | C |
| But the women are calling John Evereldown | B |
| Ever and ever they call for me | C |
| And while they call can a man be free | C |
| So right through the forest where none can see | C |
| There's where I'm going to Tilbury Town | B |
| - | |
| But why are you going so late so late | D |
| Why are you going John Evereldown | B |
| Though the road be smooth and the path be straight | D |
| There are two long leagues to Tilbury Town | B |
| Come in by the fire old man and wait | D |
| Why do you chatter out there by the gate | D |
| And why are you going so late so late | D |
| Why are you going John Evereldown | B |
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| I follow the women wherever they call | E |
| That's why I'm going to Tilbury Town | B |
| God knows if I pray to be done with it all | E |
| But God is no friend to John Evereldown | B |
| So the clouds may come and the rain may fall | E |
| The shadows may creep and the dead men crawl | E |
| But I follow the women wherever they call | E |
| And that's why I'm going to Tilbury Town | B |
Edwin Arlington Robinson
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