The Watcher Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDC EFEF GHG I JKLKMM| I think I hear the sound of horses' feet | A |
| Beating upon the graveled avenue | B |
| Go to the window that looks on the street | A |
| He would not let me die alone I knew ' | C |
| Back to the couch the patient watcher passed | D |
| And said 'It is the wailing of the blast ' | C |
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| She turned upon her couch and seeming slept | E |
| The long dark lashes shadowing her cheek | F |
| And on and on the weary moments crept | E |
| When suddenly the watcher heard her speak | F |
| 'I think I hear the sound of horses' hoofs ' | - |
| And answered ''Tis the rain upon the roofs ' | - |
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| Unbroken silence quiet deep profound | G |
| The restless sleeper turns 'How dark how late | H |
| What is it that I hear a trampling sound | G |
| I think there is a horseman at the gate ' | - |
| The watcher turns away her eyes tear blind | I |
| 'It is the shutter beating in the wind ' | - |
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| The dread hours passed the patient clock ticked on | J |
| The weary watcher moved not from her place | K |
| The gray dim shadows of the early dawn | L |
| Caught sudden glory from the sleeper's face | K |
| 'He comes my love I knew he would ' she cried | M |
| And smiling sweetly in her slumbers died | M |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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