Not To Sleep Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGADHICJKL| Not to sleep all the night long for pure joy | A |
| Counting no sheep and careless of chimes | B |
| Welcoming the dawn confabulation | C |
| Of birch her children who discuss idly | D |
| Fanciful details of the promised coming | E |
| Will she be wearing red or russet or blue | F |
| Or pure white whatever she wears glorious | G |
| Not to sleep all the night long for pure joy | A |
| This is given to few but at last to me | D |
| So that when laugh and stretch and leap from bed | H |
| I shall glide downstairs my feet brushing the carpet | I |
| In courtesy to civilized progression | C |
| Though did wish I could soar through the open window | J |
| And perch on a branch above acceptable ally | K |
| Of the birds still alert grumbling gently together | L |
Robert Graves
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