Poet Madison Julius Cawein

Madison Julius Cawein

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The Child At The Gate Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCDEFEFGHIJKGKG LMLMNONOPQPQ

THE sunset was a sleepy goldA
And stars were in the skiesB
When down a weedy lane he strolledA
In vague and thoughtless wiseB
And then he saw it near a woodC
An old house gabled brownD
Like some old woman in a hoodC
Looking toward the townD
A child stood at its broken gateE
Singing a childish songF
And weeping softly as if FateE
Had done her child's heart wrongF
He spoke to her 'Now tell me dearG
Why do you sing and weep 'H
But she she did not seem to hearI
But stared as if asleepJ
Then suddenly she turned and fledK
As if with soul of fearG
He followed but the house looked deadK
And empty many a yearG
The light was wan the dying dayL
Grew ghostly suddenlyM
And from the house he turned awayL
Wrapped in its mysteryM
They told him no one dwelt there nowN
It was a haunted placeO
And then it came to him somehowN
The memory of a faceO
That child's like hers whose name was JoyP
For whom his heart was fainQ
The face of her whom when a boyP
He played with in that laneQ

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