A Belgian Christmas Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEEDFFGHHGIIJKKJL MNOOPQQRSSPPPTUUPVVW XXWDDYKKY| The 'happy year' of | A |
| AN hour from dawn | B |
| The snow sweeps on | C |
| As it swept with sleet last night | D |
| The Earth around | E |
| Breathes never a sound | E |
| Wrapped in its shroud of white | D |
| A waked cock crows | F |
| Under the snows | F |
| Then silence After while | G |
| The sky grows blue | H |
| And a star looks through | H |
| With a kind o' bitter smile | G |
| A whining dog | I |
| An axe on a log | I |
| And a muffled voice that calls | J |
| A cow's long low | K |
| Then footsteps slow | K |
| Stamping into the stalls | J |
| A bed of straw | L |
| Where the wind blows raw | M |
| Through cracks of the stable door | N |
| A child's small cry | O |
| A voice nearby | O |
| That says 'One mouth the more ' | P |
| A different note | Q |
| In a man's rough throat | Q |
| As he turns at an entering tread | R |
| Satyrs see | S |
| 'My woman she | S |
| Was brought last night to bed ' | P |
| A cry of 'Halt ' | P |
| 'Ach ich bin kalt ' | P |
| 'A spy ' 'No ' 'That is clear | T |
| There's a good shake down | U |
| I' the jail in town | U |
| For her ' And then 'My orders here ' | P |
| A shot sharp rolled | V |
| As the clouds unfold | V |
| A scream and a cry forlorn | W |
| Clothed red with fire | X |
| Like the Heart's Desire | X |
| Look down the Christmas Morn | W |
| The babe with light | D |
| Is haloed bright | D |
| And it is Christmas Day | Y |
| A cry of woe | K |
| Then footsteps slow | K |
| And the wild guns far away | Y |
Madison Julius Cawein
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