The Journey Of Life Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCC DEDEEE FGHGAA| Beneath the waning moon I walk at night | A |
| And muse on human life for all around | B |
| Are dim uncertain shapes that cheat the sight | A |
| And pitfalls lurk in shade along the ground | B |
| And broken gleams of brightness here and there | C |
| Glance through and leave unwarmed the death like air | C |
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| The trampled earth returns a sound of fear | D |
| A hollow sound as if I walked on tombs | E |
| And lights that tell of cheerful homes appear | D |
| Far off and die like hope amid the glooms | E |
| A mournful wind across the landscape flies | E |
| And the wide atmosphere is full of sighs | E |
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| And I with faltering footsteps journey on | F |
| Watching the stars that roll the hours away | G |
| Till the faint light that guides me now is gone | H |
| And like another life the glorious day | G |
| Shall open o'er me from the empyreal height | A |
| With warmth and certainty and boundless light | A |
William Cullen Bryant
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