The Dream: (for My Father) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CD D EFEF GHGH AIAI| Over and over again I dream a dream | A |
| I am coming home to you in the starlit gloam | B |
| Long was the day from you and sweet 'twill seem | A |
| The day is over and I am coming home | B |
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| Then I shall find you as in days long past | C |
| Sitting so quietly in the firelight glow | D |
| 'Love ' you will say to me 'you are come at last ' | - |
| Your eyes be glad of me as long ago | D |
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| All I have won since then will slip my hold | E |
| Dear love and children the long years away | F |
| I shall come home to you the girl of old | E |
| Glad to come home to you oh glad to stay | F |
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| Often and often I am dreaming yet | G |
| Of the firelit window when I've crossed the hill | H |
| And I coming home to you from night and wet | G |
| Often and often I am dreaming still | H |
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| Over and over again I dream my dream | A |
| Ah why would it haunt me if it wasn't true | I |
| I am travelling home to you by the last red gleam | A |
| In the quiet evening I am finding you | I |
Katharine Tynan
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