Sleep Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCAACCADEFDEF| Lull me to sleep ye winds whose fitful sound | A |
| Seems from some faint Aeolian harp string caught | B |
| Seal up the hundred wakeful eyes of thought | C |
| As Hermes with his lyre in sleep profound | A |
| The hundred wakeful eyes of Argus bound | A |
| For I am weary and am overwrought | C |
| With too much toil with too much care distraught | C |
| And with the iron crown of anguish crowned | A |
| Lay thy soft hand upon my brow and cheek | D |
| O peaceful Sleep until from pain released | E |
| I breathe again uninterrupted breath | F |
| Ah with what subtle meaning did the Greek | D |
| Call thee the lesser mystery at the feast | E |
| Whereof the greater mystery is death | F |
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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