Winter Dusk Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHIH JKLK MNON PQMQ RSKS| Dark frost was in the air without | A |
| The dusk was still with cold and gloom | B |
| When less than even a shadow came | C |
| And stood within the room | B |
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| But the three around the fire | D |
| None turned a questioning head to look | E |
| Still read a clear voice on and on | F |
| Still stooped they o'er their book | E |
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| The children watched their mother's eyes | G |
| Moving on softly line to line | H |
| It seemed to listen too that shade | I |
| Yet made no outward sign | H |
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| The fire flames crooned a tiny song | J |
| No cold wind moved the wintry tree | K |
| The children both in Faerie dreamed | L |
| Beside their mother's knee | K |
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| And nearer yet that spirit drew | M |
| Above that heedless one intent | N |
| Only on what the simple words | O |
| Of her small story meant | N |
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| No voiceless sorrow grieved her mind | P |
| No memory her bosom stirred | Q |
| Nor dreamed she as she read to two | M |
| 'Twas surely three who heard | Q |
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| Yet when the story done she smiled | R |
| From face to face serene and clear | S |
| A love half dead sprang up as she | K |
| Leaned close and drew them near | S |
Walter De La Mare
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