Voluntary Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCCCB DDEFFFE GGHIIIJ FFKLMLK EENIIIN| HERE in the quiet eve | A |
| My thankful eyes receive | A |
| The quiet light | B |
| I see the trees stand fair | C |
| Against the faded air | C |
| And star by star prepare | C |
| The perfect night | B |
| - | |
| And in my bosom lo | D |
| Content and quiet grow | D |
| Toward perfect peace | E |
| And now when day is done | F |
| Brief day of wind and sun | F |
| The pure stars one by one | F |
| Their troop increase | E |
| - | |
| Keen pleasure and keen grief | G |
| Give place to great relief | G |
| Farewell my tears | H |
| Still sounds toward me float | I |
| I hear the bird's small note | I |
| Sheep from the far sheepcote | I |
| And lowing steers | J |
| - | |
| For lo the war is done | F |
| Lo now the battle won | F |
| The trumpets still | K |
| The shepherd's slender strain | L |
| The country sounds again | M |
| Awake in wood and plain | L |
| On haugh and hill | K |
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| Loud wars and loud loves cease | E |
| I welcome my release | E |
| And hail once more | N |
| Free foot and way world wide | I |
| And oft at eventide | I |
| Light love to talk beside | I |
| The hostel door | N |
Robert Louis Stevenson
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