At Sunset Time Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFDGDH IJIJKLKL| Adown the west a golden glow | A |
| Sinks burning in the sea | B |
| And all the dreams of long ago | A |
| Come flooding back to me | B |
| The past has writ a story strange | C |
| Upon my aching heart | D |
| But time has wrought a subtle change | C |
| My wounds have ceased to smart | D |
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| No more the quick delight of youth | E |
| No more the sudden pain | F |
| I look no more for trust or truth | E |
| Where greed may compass gain | F |
| What was it I who bared my heart | D |
| Through unrelenting years | G |
| And knew the sting of misery's dart | D |
| The tang of sorrow's tears | H |
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| 'Tis better now I do not weep | I |
| I do not laugh nor care | J |
| My soul and spirit half asleep | I |
| Drift aimless everywhere | J |
| We float upon a sluggish stream | K |
| We ride no rapids mad | L |
| While life is all a tempered dream | K |
| And every joy half sad | L |
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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