Oft, In The Stilly Night Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDEFGEABAB HIHIEFJKKLABAB| Oft in the stilly night | A |
| Ere slumber's chain has bound me | B |
| Fond memory brings the light | A |
| Of other days around me | B |
| The smiles the tears | C |
| Of boyhood's years | D |
| The words of love then spoken | E |
| The eyes that shone | F |
| Now dimm'd and gone | G |
| The cheerful hearts now broken | E |
| Thus in the stilly night | A |
| Ere slumber's chain hath bound me | B |
| Sad memory brings the light | A |
| Of other days around me | B |
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| When I remember all | H |
| The friends so link'd together | I |
| I've seen around me fall | H |
| Like leaves in wintry weather | I |
| I feel like one | E |
| Who treads alone | F |
| Some banquet hall deserted | J |
| Whose lights are fled | K |
| Whose garlands dead | K |
| And all but he departed | L |
| Thus in the stilly night | A |
| Ere slumber's chain has bound me | B |
| Sad memory brings the light | A |
| Of other days around me | B |
Thomas Moore
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