Dreams Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFGFHIHI JKJKLALA MNMNOPOQ| I had a dream a dream of dread | A |
| I thought that horror held the house | B |
| A burglar bent above my bed | A |
| He moved as quiet as a mouse | B |
| With hairy hand and naked knife | C |
| He poised to plunge a bloody stroke | D |
| Until despairful of my life | C |
| I shrieked with terror and awoke | D |
| - | |
| I had a dream of weary woes | E |
| In weather that was fit to freeze | F |
| I thought that I had lost my cloths | G |
| And only wore a short chemise | F |
| The wind was wild so catch a train | H |
| I ran but no advance did make | I |
| My legs were pistoning in vain | H |
| How I was happy to awake | I |
| - | |
| I had a dream Upon the stair | J |
| I met a maid who kissed my lips | K |
| A nightie was her only wear | J |
| We almost came to loving grips | K |
| And then she opened wide a door | L |
| And pointed to a bonny bed | A |
| Oh blast I wakened up before | L |
| I could discover were we wed | A |
| - | |
| Alas Those dreams of broken bliss | M |
| Of wakenings too sadly soon | N |
| With memories of sticky kiss | M |
| And limbs so languidly a swoon | N |
| Alas those nightmares devil driven | O |
| Those pantless prowlings in Pall Mall | P |
| Oh why should some dreams be like heaven | O |
| And others so resemble hell | Q |
Robert Service
(2)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
Write your comment about Dreams poem by Robert Service
Best Poems of Robert Service