Time Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCBBACBDEDEDD FGHFFGGFIJIIJK| A | |
| The ticking ticking ticking of the clock | B |
| That vexed me so last night 'For though Time keeps | C |
| Such drowsy watch ' I moaned 'he never sleeps | C |
| But only nods above the world to mock | B |
| Its restless occupant then rudely rock | B |
| It as the cradle of a babe that weeps ' | A |
| I seemed to see the seconds piled in heaps | C |
| Like sand about me and at every shock | B |
| O' the bell the piled sands were swirled away | D |
| As by a desert storm that swept the earth | E |
| Stark as a granary floor whereon the gray | D |
| And mist bedrizzled moon amidst the dearth | E |
| Came crawling like a sickly child to lay | D |
| Its pale face next mine own and weep for day | D |
| - | |
| - | |
| Wait for the morning Ah We wait indeed | F |
| For daylight we who toss about through stress | G |
| Of vacant armed desires and emptiness | H |
| Of all the warm warm touches that we need | F |
| And the warm kisses upon which we feed | F |
| Our famished lips in fancy May God bless | G |
| The starved lips of us with but one caress | G |
| Warm as the yearning blood our poor hearts bleed | F |
| A wild prayer Bite thy pillow praying so | I |
| Toss this side and whirl that and moan for dawn | J |
| Let the clock's seconds dribble out their woe | I |
| And Time be drained of sorrow Long ago | I |
| We heard the crowing cock with answer drawn | J |
| As hoarsely sad at throat as sobs Pray on | K |
James Whitcomb Riley
(1)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
About Time
Time is a poem by James Whitcomb Riley. This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.
Write your comment about Time poem by James Whitcomb Riley
Best Poems of James Whitcomb Riley