Vigil Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAC DEFE GHIJ KLKL MNMN OPQP| At night when all the house is still | A |
| Wide waked the chairs and tables come | B |
| And yawn and stretch their limbs until | A |
| The maids appear with pan and broom | C |
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| Through the dim hours they creak and groan | D |
| Their laughter plays with tyrant Man | E |
| Shaken with stiff derision | F |
| For his pretensions and his span | E |
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| Where's then their willing servitude | G |
| Meek slaves for their creator's use | H |
| They make a mock of flesh and blood | I |
| That passes with a morning's dews | J |
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| The heart that once leaped in the tree | K |
| Yet lives in the fantastic shapes | L |
| That foolish Man hath made to be | K |
| But see how wide yon cupboard gapes | L |
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| With ' Yours' and 'Mine' they make great sport | M |
| Who saw us come and see us go | N |
| And will be when no least report | M |
| Of us but what a stone can show | N |
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| When ghosts and owlets flit abroad | O |
| The furniture's awake aware | P |
| The floor complaining of its load | Q |
| And what a creaking of the stair | P |
Katharine Tynan
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