Good Night Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABA CACAA DEDEA FGFGA DADAA| The day is at its golden height | A |
| No shadow falls on sea or land | B |
| And yet to thee I say Good night | A |
| As we stand here hand clasped in hand | B |
| Good night Good night | A |
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| The laughing waves are summer blue | C |
| The bees hum in the sun's warm light | A |
| But frosts of winter chill me through | C |
| I shiver as I say Good night | A |
| Good night Good night | A |
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| How often at the close of day | D |
| With smiling lips we've said those words | E |
| And listened as we turned away | D |
| To hear them echoed by the birds | E |
| Good night Good night | A |
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| We did not dream then of this hour | F |
| This sad sad hour for you and me | G |
| We did not dream there was a power | F |
| Could force us for eternity | G |
| To say Good night | A |
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| Good night nay turn your eyes away | D |
| I cannot bear their tender light | A |
| Now evermore to golden day | D |
| To golden hope a last Good night | A |
| Good night Good night | A |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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