The Hushed House Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BB CC DD EE CC FF GG| I who went at nightfall came again at dawn | A |
| On Love's door again I knocked Love was gone | A |
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| He who oft had bade me in now would bid no more | B |
| Silence sat within his house barred its door | B |
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| When the slow door opened wide through it I could see | C |
| How the emptiness within stared at me | C |
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| Through the dreary chambers long I sought and sighed | D |
| But no answering footstep came naught replied | D |
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| Then at last I entered dim a darkened room | E |
| There a taper glimmered gray in the gloom | E |
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| And I saw one lying crowned with helichrys | C |
| Never saw I face as fair as was his | C |
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| Like a wintry lily was his brow in hue | F |
| And his cheeks were each a rose wintry too | F |
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| Then my soul remembered all that made us part | G |
| And what I had laughed at once broke my heart | G |
Madison Julius Cawein
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