A Strain Of Music Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFE GHCHIJKL IMNMOPGP DQRQISTU| In through the open window | A |
| To the chamber where I lay | B |
| There came the beat of merry feet | C |
| From the dancers over the way | B |
| And back on the wings of the music | D |
| That rose on the midnight air | E |
| My rare youth came and spoke my name | F |
| And lo I was young and fair | E |
| - | |
| Once more in the glitter of gaslight | G |
| I stood in my life's glad prime | H |
| And heart and feet in a rhythm sweet | C |
| Were keeping the music's time | H |
| Like a leaf in the breeze of summer | I |
| I drifted down the hall | J |
| On an arm that is cold with death and mould | K |
| And is hidden under the pall | L |
| - | |
| Once more at a low voice's whisper | I |
| A voice that is long since stilled | M |
| I felt the flush of a rising blush | N |
| And my pulses leaped and thrilled | M |
| Once more in a sea of faces | O |
| I only saw one face | P |
| And life grew bright with a new delight | G |
| And sweet with a nameless grace | P |
| - | |
| A crash of passionate music | D |
| A hush and a silence then | Q |
| The dancers rest in their pleasure quest | R |
| And lo I am old again | Q |
| Old and alone in my chamber | I |
| While the night wears wearily on | S |
| And the pallid wraith of a broken faith | T |
| Keeps watch with me till the dawn | U |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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