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 |
| - | |
| '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 |
| - | |
| '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 |
| - | |
| 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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