The Window Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABACDCD EEFF GHGHGGIGI GGGG| All night long by a distant bell | A |
| The passing hours were notched | B |
| On the dark while her breathing rose and fell | A |
| And the spark of life I watched | B |
| In her face was glowing or fading who could tell | A |
| And the open window of the room | C |
| With a flare of yellow light | D |
| Was peering out into the gloom | C |
| Like an eye that searched the night | D |
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| Oh what do you see in the dark little window and why do you fear | E |
| I see that the garden is crowded with creeping forms of fear | E |
| Little white ghosts in the locust tree that wave in the night wind's breath | F |
| And low in the leafy laurels the larking shadow of death | F |
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| Sweet clear notes of a waking bird | G |
| Told of the passing away | H |
| Of the dark and my darling may have heard | G |
| For she smiled in her sleep while the ray | H |
| Of the rising dawn spoke joy without a word | G |
| Till the splendor born in the east outburned | G |
| The yellow lamplight pale and thin | I |
| And the open window slowly turned | G |
| To the eye of the morning looking in | I |
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| Oh what do you see in the room little window that makes you so bright | G |
| I see that a child is asleep on her pillow soft and white | G |
| With the rose of life on her tips and the breath of life in her breast | G |
| And the arms of God around her as she quietly takes her rest | G |
Henry Van Dyke
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