Nocturne Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DEDE FGF HIJK| Night comes an angel stands | A |
| Measuring out the time of stars | B |
| Still are the winds and still the hours | C |
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| It would be peace to lie | D |
| Still in the still hours at the angel's feet | E |
| Upon a star hung in a starry sky | D |
| But hearts another measure beat | E |
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| Each body wingless as it lies | F |
| Sends out its butterfly of night | G |
| With delicate wings and jewelled eyes | F |
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| And some upon day's shores are cast | H |
| And some in darkness lost | I |
| In waves beyond the world where float | J |
| Somewhere the islands of the blest | K |
Kathleen Jessie Raine
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