Ode To Sleep Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBBCDCD EFEF GHGH BIBI CJCJ IBIB| Gentle divinity how have I merited | A |
| Whither unfortunate wretch have I strayed | B |
| Thus of thy bounty to lie disenherited | B |
| I alone whilst every other is paid | B |
| Sleeping are cattle and birds without number | C |
| Beasts of the wilderness rest in their lair | D |
| Even the hills as if weary feign slumber | C |
| Even the torment sighs soft in the air | D |
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| Lulled are the shuttering waves of the ocean | E |
| Seas in the lap of the land lie at peace | F |
| Only for me in monotonous motion | E |
| Day follows day and there comes no release | F |
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| Moonlight starlight light of the morning | G |
| Seven times flit o'er my feverish cheek | H |
| Once again Dawn's chilly hand offers warning | G |
| Whither oh whither for rest shall I seek | H |
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| Had I the eyes of an Argus nor heeded | B |
| Ever to keep my whole body awake | I |
| Half of the sentries alone being needed | B |
| Still I could never my slumber thirst slake | I |
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| Yet if there's one in the arms of a lover | C |
| Scornful of sleep and the joy that sleep brings | J |
| Come thou to me I'll not ask thee to cover | C |
| My eyes with the fullest extant of thy wings | J |
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| Happier suitors may sue for such blessing | I |
| I'll beg a touch be it ever so slight | B |
| Of thy wand or a whisk of thy garment caressing | I |
| My eyelids to droop as it crosses the night | B |
Pablius Papinius Statius
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