The Arrival Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBAB C CDCD C CEBE BFCFAF'What do I hear at the window | A |
Did some one call me ' Nay | B |
It was only the wind my darling | C |
Grieving the night away | B |
Only the wind and the casement | A |
Talking as two friends may | B |
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'But now I hear some one speaking | C |
Oh listen and you will hear ' | - |
It is only the night bird calling | C |
To her mate in sudden fear | D |
Only the dead leaves falling | C |
The last lone leaves of the year | D |
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'But now there is some one coming | C |
I hear a step on the stair ' | - |
Nay nay it is nothing darling | C |
Rest and be free from care | E |
I have just been out in the hallway | B |
I am sure there is no one there | E |
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Never a knock at the doorway | B |
Never a step in the hall | F |
Yet the King is coming coming | C |
How lightly his footsteps fall | F |
A sigh and a straightening downward | A |
And silence is over all | F |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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