Night Poem Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDE DFGHIJK LMNOPQRSQ QTUDUCVJD| There is nothing to be afraid of | A |
| it is only the wind | B |
| changing to the east it is only | C |
| your father the thunder | D |
| your mother the rain | E |
| - | |
| In this country of water | D |
| with its beige moon damp as a mushroom | F |
| its drowned stumps and long birds | G |
| that swim where the moss grows | H |
| on all sides of the trees | I |
| and your shadow is not your shadow | J |
| but your reflection | K |
| - | |
| your true parents disappear | L |
| when the curtain covers your door | M |
| We are the others | N |
| the ones from under the lake | O |
| who stand silently beside your bed | P |
| with our heads of darkness | Q |
| We have come to cover you | R |
| with red wool | S |
| with our tears and distant whipers | Q |
| - | |
| You rock in the rain's arms | Q |
| the chilly ark of your sleep | T |
| while we wait your night | U |
| father and mother | D |
| with our cold hands and dead flashlight | U |
| knowing we are only | C |
| the wavering shadows thrown | V |
| by one candle in this echo | J |
| you will hear twenty years later | D |
Margaret Atwood
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