The Actor Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGHGH IJIKLK MNM| Enthusiastic 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 |
| - | |
| 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 |
| - | |
| '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 ' | - |
| - | |
| 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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