At Noon--and Midnight Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAABCC DEDFGG| Far in the night and yet no rest for him The pillow next his own | A |
| The wife's sweet face in slumber pressed yet he awake alone | A |
| alone | A |
| In vain he courted sleep one thought would ever in his heart | B |
| arise | C |
| The harsh words that at noon had brought the teardrops to her eyes | C |
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| Slowly on lifted arm he raised and listened All was still as death | D |
| He touched her forehead as he gazed and listened yet with bated | E |
| breath | D |
| Still silently as though he prayed his lips moved lightly as she | F |
| slept | G |
| For God was with him and he laid his face with hers and wept | G |
James Whitcomb Riley
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