The Actor Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGHGH IJIKLK MNMEnthusiastic was the crowd | A |
That hailed him with delight | B |
The wine was bright the laughter loud | A |
And glorious the night | B |
But when at dawn he drove away | C |
With echo of their cheer | D |
To where his little daughter lay | C |
Then he knew Fear | D |
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How strangely still the house He crept | E |
On tip toe to the bed | F |
And there she lay as if she slept | E |
With candles at her head | F |
Her mother died to give her birth | G |
An angel child was she | H |
To him the dearest one on earth | G |
How could it be | H |
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'O God If she could only live ' | - |
He thought with bitter pain | I |
'How gladly gladly would I give | J |
My glory and my gain | I |
I have created many a part | K |
And many a triumph known | L |
Yet here is one with breaking heart | K |
I play alone ' | - |
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Beside the hush of her his breath | M |
Came with a sobbing sigh | N |
He babbled 'Sweet you play at death | M |
'Tis I who die ' | - |
Robert William Service
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