To Say Before Going To Sleep Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGH IJKAL EMN| I would like to sing someone to sleep | A |
| have someone to sit by and be with | B |
| I would like to cradle you and softly sing | C |
| be your companion while you sleep or wake | D |
| I would like to be the only person | E |
| in the house who knew the night outside was cold | F |
| And would like to listen to you | G |
| and outside to the world and to the woods | H |
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| The clocks are striking calling to each other | I |
| and one can see right to the edge of time | J |
| Outside the house a strange man is afoot | K |
| and a strange dog barks wakened from his sleep | A |
| Beyond that there is silence | L |
| - | |
| My eyes rest upon your face wide open | E |
| and they hold you gently letting you go | M |
| when something in the dark begins to move | N |
Rainer Maria Rilke
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