A Child Of The Snows Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGF HIII IJIJ| There is heard a hymn when the panes are dim | A |
| And never before or again | B |
| When the nights are strong with a darkness long | C |
| And the dark is alive with rain | D |
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| Never we know but in sleet and in snow | E |
| The place where the great fires are | F |
| That the midst of the earth is a raging mirth | G |
| And the heart of the earth a star | F |
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| And at night we win to the ancient inn | H |
| Where the child in the frost is furled | I |
| We follow the feet where all souls meet | I |
| At the inn at the end of the world | I |
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| The gods lie dead where the leaves lie red | I |
| For the flame of the sun is flown | J |
| The gods lie cold where the leaves lie gold | I |
| And a Child comes forth alone | J |
Gilbert Keith Chesterton
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