Alone Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBC DEDE FGFG FFFF HIHI JKJK LMLN FOFO FBFB| Genesis | A |
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| The sun had set He was alone | B |
| Mid twilight shadows he would rest | C |
| He laid his head upon a stone | B |
| To woo sweet slumber for his guest | C |
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| Perhaps within those midnight hours | D |
| His rugged bed was cold and chill | E |
| But wrapped in Dreamland's mystic powers | D |
| He knew no danger felt no ill | E |
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| A vision in his dreams appeared | F |
| Angels were stepping to and fro | G |
| Upon a ladder which upreared | F |
| Aided their ministry below | G |
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| And then God spake in words which said | F |
| What future ages would unfold | F |
| The soil on which he made his bed | F |
| Was his by prophecy foretold | F |
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| He further heard that holy voice | H |
| Predict that through his tribe would be | I |
| Blessings in which all should rejoice | H |
| Blessings which all the world should see | I |
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| Through Jacob would the gift be given | J |
| Of Jesus to this sinful earth | K |
| God signified within this vision | J |
| Glad news of our Redeemer's birth | K |
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| The star of Bethlehem would shine | L |
| That star of joy and peace and love | M |
| Our bleeding sacrifice divine | L |
| To cleanse our hearts our guilt remove | N |
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| If faith and praise in us abound | F |
| Toward Israel's God angels are near | O |
| His word declares they camp around | F |
| All those who look to him in fear | O |
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| When Jacob woke the ground he trod | F |
| Seemed holy and he named his stone | B |
| Bethel which means the house of God | F |
| With heaven so near was he alone | B |
Nannie R. Glass
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