Sleep Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCCBBCCBDDEDEE| A WOMAN SPEAKS | A |
| - | |
| O sleep we are beholden to thee sleep | B |
| Thou bearest angels to us in the night | C |
| Saints out of heaven with palms Seen by thy light | C |
| Sorrow is some old tale that goeth not deep | B |
| Love is a pouting child Once I did sweep | B |
| Through space with thee and lo a dazzling sight | C |
| Stars They came on I felt their drawing and might | C |
| And some had dark companions Once I weep | B |
| When I remember that we sailed the tide | D |
| And found fair isles where no isles used to bide | D |
| And met there my lost love who said to me | E |
| That 'twas a long mistake he had not died | D |
| Sleep in the world to come how strange 'twill be | E |
| Never to want never to wish for thee | E |
Jean Ingelow
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