Sleep Is Supposed To Be, Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: AAB CCC AAD EAA DDD

Sleep is supposed to beA
By souls of sanityA
The shutting of the eyeB
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Sleep is the station grandC
Down which on either handC
The hosts of witness standC
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Morn is supposed to beA
By people of degreeA
The breaking of the dayD
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Morning has not occurredE
That shall aurora beA
East of eternityA
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One with the banner gayD
One in the red arrayD
That is the break of dayD

Emily Elizabeth Dickinson



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