Lights Out Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACCB DCDEEC FGFHHG IJIKKJ| quot Lights out quot along the land | A |
| quot Lights out quot upon the sea | B |
| The night must put her hiding hand | A |
| O'er peaceful towns where children sleep | C |
| And peaceful ships that darkly creep | C |
| Across the waves as if they were not free | B |
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| The dragons of the air | D |
| The hell hounds of the deep | C |
| Lurking and prowling everywhere | D |
| Go forth to seek their helpless prey | E |
| Not knowing whom they maim or slay | E |
| Mad harvesters who care not what they reap | C |
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| Out with the tranquil lights | F |
| Out with the lights that burn | G |
| For love and law and human rights | F |
| Set back the clock a thousand years | H |
| All they have gained now disappears | H |
| And the dark ages suddenly return | G |
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| Kaiser who loosed wild death | I |
| And terror in the night | J |
| God grant you draw no quiet breath | I |
| Until the madness you began | K |
| Is ended and long suffering man | K |
| Set free from war lords cries quot Let there be Light quot | J |
Henry Van Dyke
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