Dusk Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGF HIJK LMNO KPNP CQPR STPU VWXW PYZY PPA2P PB2C2B2 A2A2A2A2 D2A2A2A2 A2E2F2E2 CA2TA2 A2G2H2I2| The lamp that stands beside the crib | A |
| Is not yet lighted to warm the gloom | B |
| Of the blueish opaque light falling | C |
| Through the curtains of late afternoon | D |
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| From outside come unfamiliar sounds | E |
| And weary children interrupt their play | F |
| While in every corner of the house | G |
| Fairies awaken at the end of day | F |
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| Shadows gathering among the drapes | H |
| Rustle and murmur to childish ears | I |
| And from the pages of their storybooks | J |
| Come all their favorite characters | K |
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| First industrious Rin Rin Renacuajo | L |
| And Mouse P rez scurrying to survive | M |
| Then casting even deeper shadows | N |
| Blue Beard who killed his seven wives | O |
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| Given life in darkest corners | K |
| Somewhere in a distant wood | P |
| Puss in Boots strides through the meadows | N |
| And the Wolf stalks Little Red Ridinghood | P |
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| In a deep dark forest echoing | C |
| With chilling howls the handsome Prince | Q |
| On his white charger rides toward | P |
| Sleeping Beauty who awaits his kiss | R |
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| The children s voices silver and pure | S |
| Form a chorus that speaks as one | T |
| Then they went to the ball and left | P |
| Poor Cinderella all alone | U |
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| She wiped away her flowing tears | V |
| And scrubbed the kitchen pots and bowls | W |
| Watching the dance leaping among | X |
| Somber shadows and glowing coals | W |
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| But her fairy godmother soon appeared | P |
| With a beauteous gown and in a thrice | Y |
| From a pumpkin produced a golden coach | Z |
| With prancing steeds once six white mice | Y |
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| She gave Cinderella a lush bouquet | P |
| And a glass slipper she quickly donned | P |
| She turned ashes to flashing jewels | A2 |
| With one wave of her magic wand | P |
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| Abandoned dolls tossed on the carpet | P |
| The listening girls sit in thrall | B2 |
| The light grows pale and dark creeps in | C2 |
| As lowering evening shadows fall | B2 |
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| Wondrous stories of fairies and sprites | A2 |
| Are alive with ideas and fantasies | A2 |
| They open to childish imaginations | A2 |
| A whole world of possibilities | A2 |
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| Stories born of times long gone | D2 |
| Wing through the dark of ages | A2 |
| From powerful early Aryan tribes | A2 |
| To diminished future races | A2 |
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| These stories are told by nannies | A2 |
| When children can t get to sleep | E2 |
| The essence of poetic dream | F2 |
| Is the mystery they keep | E2 |
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| These stories have proved more lasting | C |
| Than tomes of the philosophers | A2 |
| And with every generation | T |
| Have entertained our ancestors | A2 |
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| O tales of elves and ghosts and fairies | A2 |
| That people the dreams all children have | G2 |
| Time buries you forever in our soul | H2 |
| And man evokes you with his love | I2 |
Jose Asuncion Silva
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