Over The Banisters Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CBCB DBDB EFEF DGDG HGHG IJIJ| Over the banisters bends a face | A |
| Daringly sweet and beguiling | B |
| Somebody stands in careless grace | A |
| And watching the picture smiling | B |
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| The light burns dim in the hall below | C |
| Nobody sees her standing | B |
| Saying good night again soft and low | C |
| Halfway up to the landing | B |
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| Nobody only the eyes of brown | D |
| Tender and full of meaning | B |
| That smile on the fairest face in town | D |
| Over the banisters leaning | B |
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| Tired and sleepy with drooping head | E |
| I wonder why she lingers | F |
| Now when the good nights all are said | E |
| Why somebody holds her fingers | F |
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| He holds her fingers and draws her down | D |
| Suddenly growing bolder | G |
| Till the loose hair drops its masses brown | D |
| Like a mantle over his shoulder | G |
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| Over the banisters soft hands fair | H |
| Brush his cheeks like a feather | G |
| And bright brown tresses and dusky hair | H |
| Meet and mingle together | G |
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| There's a question asked there's a swift caress | I |
| She has flown like a bird from the hallway | J |
| But over the banisters drops a Yes | I |
| That shall brighten the world for him alway | J |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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