The Awakening Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDEDFF GHGHIDIDFF| I dreamed that I was a rose | A |
| That grew beside a lonely way | B |
| Close by a path none ever chose | A |
| And there I lingered day by day | B |
| Beneath the sunshine and the show'r | C |
| I grew and waited there apart | D |
| Gathering perfume hour by hour | E |
| And storing it within my heart | D |
| Yet never knew | F |
| Just why I waited there and grew | F |
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| I dreamed that you were a bee | G |
| That one day gaily flew along | H |
| You came across the hedge to me | G |
| And sang a soft love burdened song | H |
| You brushed my petals with a kiss | I |
| I woke to gladness with a start | D |
| And yielded up to you in bliss | I |
| The treasured fragrance of my heart | D |
| And then I knew | F |
| That I had waited there for you | F |
James Weldon Johnson
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