Sunset Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGF HIJIKLMN OPQPRSTS UVUVFWXW YRZRA2B2RB2| Last eve the sun went down | A |
| Like a globe of glorious fire | B |
| Into a sea of gold | C |
| I watched the orb expire | D |
| It seemed the fitting end | E |
| For the brightness it had shed | F |
| And the cloudlets he had kissed | G |
| Long lingered over head | F |
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| All vegetation drooped | H |
| As if with pleasure faint | I |
| The lily closed its cup | J |
| To guard 'gainst storm and taint | I |
| The cool refreshing dew | K |
| Fell softly to the earth | L |
| All lovely things to cheer | M |
| And call more beauties forth | N |
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| And as I sat and thought | O |
| On Nature's wond'rous plan | P |
| I felt with some regret | Q |
| How small a thing is man | P |
| However bright he be | R |
| His efforts are confined | S |
| Yet maybe if he will | T |
| Leave some rich fruits behind | S |
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| The sun that kissed the flowers | U |
| And made the earth look gay | V |
| Was culling through the hours | U |
| Rich treasures on his way | V |
| And when the day was dead | F |
| His stored up riches fell | W |
| And to the moon arose | X |
| Incense from hill and dell | W |
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| And when our span of life | Y |
| Is ended will it be | R |
| Through such a glorious death | Z |
| We greet Eternity | R |
| What have we said or done | A2 |
| In all the long years passed | B2 |
| And may not such as me | R |
| Forgotten die at last | B2 |
John Hartley
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