The Day Came Slow Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DECC FGHG ICJC| The day came slow till five o'clock | A |
| Then sprang before the hills | B |
| Like hindered rubies or the light | C |
| A sudden musket spills | B |
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| The purple could not keep the east | D |
| The sunrise shook from fold | E |
| Like breadths of topaz packed a night | C |
| The lady just unrolled | C |
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| The happy winds their timbrels took | F |
| The birds in docile rows | G |
| Arranged themselves around their prince | H |
| The wind is prince of those | G |
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| The orchard sparkled like a Jew | I |
| How mighty 'twas to stay | C |
| A guest in this stupendous place | J |
| The parlor of the day | C |
Emily Dickinson
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