A Day Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDC EFGF B HIJI KLML NOMO A JPMP QRSR M MTMT UVUW| I MORNING | A |
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| The village fades away | B |
| Where I last night came | C |
| Where they housed me and fed me | D |
| And never asked my name | C |
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| The sun shines bright my step is light | E |
| I who have no abode | F |
| Jeer at the stuck monotonous | G |
| Black posts along the road | F |
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| II MIDDAY | B |
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| The wood is still | H |
| As here I sit | I |
| My heart drinks in | J |
| The peace of it | I |
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| A something stirs | K |
| I know not where | L |
| Some quiet spirit | M |
| In the air | L |
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| O tall straight stems | N |
| O cool deep green | O |
| O hand unfelt | M |
| O face unseen | O |
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| III EVENING | A |
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| The evening closes in | J |
| As down this last long lane | P |
| I plod there patter round | M |
| First heavy drops of rain | P |
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| Feet ache legs ache but now | Q |
| Step quickens as I think | R |
| Of mounds of bread and cheese | S |
| And something hot to drink | R |
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| IV NIGHT | M |
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| Ah sleep is sweet but yet | M |
| I will not sleep awhile | T |
| Nor for a space forget | M |
| The toil of that last mile | T |
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| But lie awake and feel | U |
| The cool sheets' tremulous kisses | V |
| O'er all my body steal | U |
| Is sleep as sweet as this is | W |
John Collings Squire, Sir
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