In The Evening Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBCDBDB A EFEFGBGB A HBHBIBIB| I | A |
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| In the evening of our days | B |
| When the first far stars above | C |
| Glimmer dimmer through the haze | B |
| Than the dewy eyes of love | C |
| Shall we mournfully revert | D |
| To the vanished morns and Mays | B |
| Of our youth with hearts that hurt | D |
| In the evening of our days | B |
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| II | A |
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| Shall the hand that holds your own | E |
| Till the twain are thrilled as now | F |
| Be withheld or colder grown | E |
| Shall my kiss upon your brow | F |
| Falter from its high estate | G |
| And in all forgetful ways | B |
| Shall we sit apart and wait | G |
| In the evening of our days | B |
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| III | A |
| - | |
| Nay my wife my life the gloom | H |
| Shall enfold us velvetwise | B |
| And my smile shall be the groom | H |
| Of the gladness of your eyes | B |
| Gently gently as the dew | I |
| Mingles with the darkening maze | B |
| I shall fall asleep with you | I |
| In the evening of our days | B |
James Whitcomb Riley
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