Truth Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBBCD BDEFGHI JKJJL MNN KN| And if sun comes | A |
| How shall we greet him | B |
| Shall we not dread him | B |
| Shall we not fear him | B |
| After so lengthy a | C |
| Session with shade | D |
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| Though we have wept for him | B |
| Though we have prayed | D |
| All through the night years | E |
| What if we wake one shimmering morning to | F |
| Hear the fierce hammering | G |
| Of his firm knuckles | H |
| Hard on the door | I |
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| Shall we not shudder | J |
| Shall we not flee | K |
| Into the shelter the dear thick shelter | J |
| Of the familiar | J |
| Propitious haze | L |
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| Sweet is it sweet is it | M |
| To sleep in the coolness | N |
| Of snug unawareness | N |
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| The dark hangs heavily | K |
| Over the eyes | N |
Gwendolyn Brooks
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