The Owlet Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BAABAAABB CDEEDD A FGGFGGGFF CDHHDD A IJJKJJJKK CDLMDD| I | A |
| - | |
| When dusk is drowned in drowsy dreams | B |
| And slow the hues of sunset die | A |
| When firefly and moth go by | A |
| And in still streams the new moon seems | B |
| Another moon and sky | A |
| Then from the hills there comes a cry | A |
| The owlet's cry | A |
| A shivering voice that sobs and screams | B |
| With terror screams | B |
| - | |
| 'Who is it who is it who o o | C |
| Who rides through the dusk and dew | D |
| With a pair of horns | E |
| As thin as thorns | E |
| And face a bubble blue | D |
| Who who who | D |
| Who is it who is it who o o ' | - |
| - | |
| II | A |
| - | |
| When night has dulled the lily's white | F |
| And opened wide the moonflower's eyes | G |
| When pale mists rise and veil the skies | G |
| And round the height in whispering flight | F |
| The night wind sounds and sighs | G |
| Then in the wood again it cries | G |
| The owlet cries | G |
| A shivering voice that calls in fright | F |
| In maundering fright | F |
| - | |
| 'Who is it who is it who o o | C |
| Who walks with a shuffling shoe | D |
| 'Mid the gusty trees | H |
| With a face none sees | H |
| And a form as ghostly too | D |
| Who who who | D |
| Who is it who is it who o o ' | - |
| - | |
| III | A |
| - | |
| When midnight leans a listening ear | I |
| And tinkles on her insect lutes | J |
| When 'mid the roots the cricket flutes | J |
| And marsh and mere now far now near | K |
| A jack o' lantern foots | J |
| Then o'er the pool again it hoots | J |
| The owlet hoots | J |
| A voice that shivers as with fear | K |
| That cries with fear | K |
| - | |
| 'Who is it who is it who o o | C |
| Who creeps with his glowworm crew | D |
| Above the mire | L |
| With a corpse light fire | M |
| As only dead men do | D |
| Who who who | D |
| Who is it who is it who o o ' | - |
Madison Julius Cawein
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