The Rain Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDCEFGB A BHIIJBKB A BIIILBMB| I | A |
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| The rain the rain the rain | B |
| It gushed from the skies and streamed | C |
| Like awful tears and the sick man thought | D |
| How pitiful it seemed | C |
| And he turned his face away | E |
| And stared at the wall again | F |
| His hopes nigh dead and his heart worn out | G |
| O the rain the rain the rain | B |
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| II | A |
| - | |
| The rain the rain the rain | B |
| And the broad stream brimmed the shores | H |
| And ever the river crept over the reeds | I |
| And the roots of the sycamores | I |
| A corpse swirled by in a drift | J |
| Where the boat had snapt its chain | B |
| And a hoarse voiced mother shrieked and raved | K |
| O the rain the rain the rain | B |
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| III | A |
| - | |
| The rain the rain the rain | B |
| Pouring with never a pause | I |
| Over the fields and the green byways | I |
| How beautiful it was | I |
| And the new made man and wife | L |
| Stood at the window pane | B |
| Like two glad children kept from school | M |
| O the rain the rain the rain | B |
James Whitcomb Riley
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