A Sunbeam Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE AGHG HIJI KLML NLLL AOPO HHQH RLHL LBLB LOHO QHLH CBSB| The sun was hid all day by clouds | A |
| The rain fell softly down | B |
| A cold gray mist hung o'er the earth | C |
| And veiled the silent town | B |
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| Behind the clouds a sunbeam crept | D |
| With restless wings of gold | E |
| The skies above were bright and warm | F |
| The earth below was cold | E |
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| It glanced along the heavy clouds | A |
| Then sought to glide between | G |
| But ah they gathered closer still | H |
| With fierce and angry mien | G |
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| The dancing ray grew strangely still | H |
| Just like some weary bird | I |
| That droops upon a lonely shore | J |
| And sings its song unheard | I |
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| For on the earth the drooping flowers | K |
| Were longing for the light | L |
| And children with their watching eyes | M |
| Could trace no sunbeam's flight | L |
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| At last an angel wand'ring by | N |
| With snowy wings outspread | L |
| Beheld the sunbeam sad at heart | L |
| And passing by she said | L |
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| Why wait you here above the clouds | A |
| The earth has need of you | O |
| Spread out your wings speed quickly on | P |
| And pierce the vapor through | O |
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| But still the sunbeam mournfully | H |
| Gazed on the gloom below | H |
| Then looked up in the spirit's face | Q |
| With softened anxious glow | H |
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| The angel smiled the clouds gave way | R |
| And drifted far apart | L |
| And lo the glory of that smile | H |
| Fell on each earthly heart | L |
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| Then quickly through the widening rift | L |
| The sunbeam drifted down | B |
| A ray of gold fell through the mist | L |
| Upon the silent town | B |
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| Two weary eyes beheld its light | L |
| Then closed forevermore | O |
| A soul passed through the rift of blue | H |
| And reached the farther shore | O |
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| One moment o'er the wan white face | Q |
| A ray of glory fell | H |
| Then shadows came the sunbeam fled | L |
| Its future who can tell | H |
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| Once more the clouds enwrapped the earth | C |
| The rain fell softly down | B |
| A cold gray mist hung o'er the hills | S |
| And veiled the silent town | B |
Fannie Isabelle Sherrick
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