The Owlet Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: A BAABAAABB CDEEDD A FGGFGGGFF CDHHDD A IJJKJJJKK CDLMDD

IA
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When dusk is drowned in drowsy dreamsB
And slow the hues of sunset dieA
When firefly and moth go byA
And in still streams the new moon seemsB
Another moon and skyA
Then from the hills there comes a cryA
The owlet's cryA
A shivering voice that sobs and screamsB
With terror screamsB
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'Who is it who is it who o oC
Who rides through the dusk and dewD
With a pair of hornsE
As thin as thornsE
And face a bubble blueD
Who who whoD
Who is it who is it who o o '-
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IIA
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When night has dulled the lily's whiteF
And opened wide the moonflower's eyesG
When pale mists rise and veil the skiesG
And round the height in whispering flightF
The night wind sounds and sighsG
Then in the wood again it criesG
The owlet criesG
A shivering voice that calls in frightF
In maundering frightF
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'Who is it who is it who o oC
Who walks with a shuffling shoeD
'Mid the gusty treesH
With a face none seesH
And a form as ghostly tooD
Who who whoD
Who is it who is it who o o '-
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IIIA
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When midnight leans a listening earI
And tinkles on her insect lutesJ
When 'mid the roots the cricket flutesJ
And marsh and mere now far now nearK
A jack o' lantern footsJ
Then o'er the pool again it hootsJ
The owlet hootsJ
A voice that shivers as with fearK
That cries with fearK
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'Who is it who is it who o oC
Who creeps with his glowworm crewD
Above the mireL
With a corpse light fireM
As only dead men doD
Who who whoD
Who is it who is it who o o '-

Madison Julius Cawein



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