Silent, Silent Night Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAA BBB CCC DDDSilent silent night | A |
Quench the holy light | A |
Of thy torches bright | A |
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For possessed of Day | B |
Thousand spirits stray | B |
That sweet joys betray | B |
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Why should joys be sweet | C |
Used with deceit | C |
Nor with sorrows meet | C |
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But an honest joy | D |
Does itself destroy | D |
For a harlot coy | D |
William Blake
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