A Certain Evening Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGH IJKJ LMNM MO O| That night the whole world mingled | A |
| The souls were babes at play | B |
| And angel danced with devil | C |
| And God cried 'Holiday ' | D |
| - | |
| The sea had climbed the mountain peaks | E |
| And shouted to the stars | F |
| To come to play and down they came | G |
| Splashing in happy wars | H |
| - | |
| The pine grew apples for a whim | I |
| The cart horse built a nest | J |
| The oxen flew the flowers sang | K |
| The sun rose in the west | J |
| - | |
| And 'neath the load of many worlds | L |
| The lowest life God made | M |
| Lifted his huge and heavy limbs | N |
| And into heaven strayed | M |
| - | |
| To where the highest life God made | M |
| Before His presence stands | O |
| But God himself cried 'Holiday ' | - |
| And she gave me both her hands | O |
Gilbert Keith Chesterton
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