Floods Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B B A A B C D A E F G F H F H I J J I I J J I K L K K L L| In the dark night from sweet refreshing sleep | A |
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| I wake to hear outside my window pane | B |
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| The uncurbed fury of the wild spring rain | B |
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| And weird winds lashing the defiant deep | A |
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| And roar of floods that gather strength and leap | A |
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| Down dizzy wreck strewn channels to the main | B |
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| I turn upon my pillow and again | C |
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| Compose myself for slumber | D |
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| Let them sweep | A |
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| I once survived great floods and do not fear | E |
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| Though ominous planets congregate and seem | F |
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| To foretell strange disasters | G |
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| From a dream | F |
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| Ah dear God such a dream I woke to hear | H |
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| Through the dense shadows lit by no star's gleam | F |
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| The rush of mighty waters on my ear | H |
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| Helpless afraid and all alone I lay | I |
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| The floods had come upon me unaware | J |
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| I heard the crash of structures that were fair | J |
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| The bridges of fond hopes were swept away | I |
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| By great salt waves of sorrow In dismay | I |
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| I saw by the red lightning's lurid glare | J |
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| That on the rock bound island of despair | J |
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| I had been cast Till the dim dawn of day | I |
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| I heard my castles falling and the roll | K |
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| Of angry billows bearing to the sea | L |
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| The broken timbers of my very soul | K |
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| Were all the pent up waters from the whole | K |
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| Stupendous solar system to break free | L |
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| There are no floods that now can frighten me | L |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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