In That Dark Silent Hour Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDD EEFGHIJJ KKLLGGMM NNLOPPQE AAMMRRSGIn that dark silent hour | A |
When the wind wants power | A |
And in the black height | B |
The sky wants light | B |
Stirless and black | C |
In utter lack | C |
And not a sound | D |
Escapes from that untroubled round | D |
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To wake then | E |
In the dark and ache then | E |
Until the dark is gone | F |
Lonely yet not alone | G |
Hearing another's breath | H |
All the quiet beneath | I |
Knowing one sleeps near | J |
That day held dear | J |
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And dreams held dear but now | K |
In this sharp moment how | K |
Share the moment's sweetness | L |
Forgo its completeness | L |
Nor be alone | G |
Now the dark is grown | G |
Spiritual and deep | M |
More than in dreams and sleep | M |
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O it is pain 'tis need | N |
That so will plead | N |
For a little loneliness | L |
If it be pain to miss | O |
Loved touch look and lip | P |
Companionship | P |
Yet is verier pain | Q |
Then then | E |
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In that dark silent hour | A |
When the wind wants power | A |
And you near or far sleep | M |
And your released thoughts toward me creep | M |
While I imprisoned awake | R |
Ache ache | R |
To be for one | S |
Long little moment with myself alone | G |
John Frederick Freeman
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