The Picture On The Wall Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFE GEHHE IJKJLEME MJNJOEIE| 'Tis noon of night the sable clouds | A |
| Hang weeping in the sky | B |
| Alone I sit where fancies flit | C |
| Like spectral shadows by | B |
| Me thinks I see familiar forms | D |
| And on before them all | E |
| So fair so calm so wondrous like wondrous like | F |
| The picture on the wall | E |
| - | |
| Among the brave and loyal | G |
| How many lov'd ones fall | E |
| Whose friends bereft | H |
| Have only left only left | H |
| A picture on the wall | E |
| - | |
| I hear the press of eager feet | I |
| Upon my parlor floor | J |
| A moment and my willing arms | K |
| Enclasp my boy once more | J |
| I feel his warm breath on my cheek | L |
| But when his name I call | E |
| A shadowy finger points to me points me to | M |
| His picture on the wall | E |
| - | |
| The moon's full radiance struggles through | M |
| And lights my room once more | J |
| And thus shall heav'n O heart of mine | N |
| Thy seeming loss restore | J |
| Its light shall gild the present gloom | O |
| And sweeter spells enthral | E |
| Than that which binds me to this sweet to this sweet | I |
| True picture on the wall | E |
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