The Night Of Death Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB ADED FGAG AHCH AHAI AJKJ LJAJ MJJJ NJAJ MJOJ LJPJ QRSR LJLJ MGCG KJTJ CJKJ| Twas a night of dreadful horror | A |
| Death was sweeping through the land | B |
| And the wings of dark destruction | C |
| Were outstretched from strand to strand | B |
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| Strong men's hearts grew faint with terror | A |
| As the tempest and the waves | D |
| Wrecked their homes and swept them downward | E |
| Suddenly to yawning graves | D |
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| 'Mid the wastes of ruined households | F |
| And the tempest's wild alarms | G |
| Stood a terror stricken mother | A |
| With a child within her arms | G |
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| Other children huddled 'round her | A |
| Each one nestling in her heart | H |
| Swift in thought and swift in action | C |
| She at least from one must part | H |
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| Then she said unto her daughter | A |
| quot Strive to save one child from death quot | H |
| quot Which one quot said the anxious daughter | A |
| As she stood with bated breath | I |
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| Oh the anguish of that mother | A |
| What despair was in her eye | J |
| All her little ones were precious | K |
| Which one should she leave to die | J |
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| Then outspake the brother Bennie | L |
| quot I will take the little one quot | J |
| quot No quot exclaimed the anxious mother | A |
| quot No my child it can't be done quot | J |
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| quot See my boy the waves are rising | M |
| Save yourself and leave the child quot | J |
| quot I will trust in Christ quot he answered | J |
| Grasped the little one and smiled | J |
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| Through the roar of wind and waters | N |
| Ever and anon she cried | J |
| But throughout the night of terror | A |
| Never Bennie's voice replied | J |
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| But above the waves' wild surging | M |
| He had found a safe retreat | J |
| As if God had sent an angel | O |
| Just to guide his wandering feet | J |
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| When the storm had spent its fury | L |
| And the sea gave up its dead | J |
| She was mourning for her loved ones | P |
| Lost amid that night of dread | J |
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| While her head was bowed in anguish | Q |
| On her ear there fell a voice | R |
| Bringing surcease to her sorrow | S |
| Bidding all her heart rejoice | R |
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| quot Didn't I tell you true quot said Bennie | L |
| And his eyes were full of light | J |
| quot When I told you God would help me | L |
| Through the dark and dreadful night quot | J |
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| And he placed the little darling | M |
| Safe within his mother's arms | G |
| Feeling Christ had been his guardian | C |
| 'Mid the dangers and alarms | G |
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| Oh for faith so firm and precious | K |
| In the darkest saddest night | J |
| Till life's gloom encircled shadows | T |
| Fade in everlasting light | J |
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| And upon the mount of vision | C |
| We our loved and lost shall greet | J |
| With earth's wildest storms behind us | K |
| And its cares beneath our feet | J |
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
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