A Dream Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHIH EJKL MNKN EOPO HQRQ ONSN TRLU VWRW XGYG| One night while peaceful in my bed | A |
| I lay unwitting what befell | B |
| By Morpheus' arms clasped close | C |
| In blissful rest I slumber'd well | B |
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| When suddenly unto my ears | D |
| There came a dreadful piercing sound | E |
| So strange unto my startl'd mind | F |
| I left my bed with single bound | E |
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| And then transfix'd unto the floor | G |
| I stood in terror pinion'd there | H |
| With drops of sweat upon my brow | I |
| And eyes with fix'd and rigid stare | H |
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| I listen'd for the dreadful sound | E |
| Which brought such terror to my brain | J |
| And then with wildly beating heart | K |
| I heard the fearful noise again | L |
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| Affrighted yet I heard the noise | M |
| Which tho' 'twas modified in tone | N |
| It terror brought unto my heart | K |
| And from my lips it drew a groan | N |
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| For horror yet was in the sound | E |
| That froze my blood and fix'd my eye | O |
| It seem'd to me a demon's shriek | P |
| Or wailing banshee's boding cry | O |
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| But soon my eyes unfix'd their stare | H |
| My senses clearer now became | Q |
| And borne unto my sharpen'd ear | R |
| I heard a sound but not the same | Q |
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| Within the plaster'd wall near by | O |
| I heard a grinding ringing tone | N |
| A mouse was gnawing at a board | S |
| That was the sound and that alone | N |
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| I waited then and listen'd long | T |
| But naught there came unto my ear | R |
| Save this and lying down again | L |
| I wonder'd what had caus'd my fear | U |
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| And then I thought 'tis thus with us | V |
| We mortals who with darken'd sight | W |
| See things and fearful sounds do hear | R |
| Which cause our narrow senses fright | W |
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| But when we waken from this dream | X |
| With senses join'd to earth no more | G |
| Our brighten'd faculties will see | Y |
| No fear where fear there was before | G |
Thomas Frederick Young
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