In Hospital - Xxvii - Nocturn Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFCG HIJJ FDDK| At the barren heart of midnight | A |
| When the shadow shuts and opens | B |
| As the loud flames pulse and flutter | C |
| I can hear a cistern leaking | D |
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| Dripping dropping in a rhythm | E |
| Rough unequal half melodious | F |
| Like the measures aped from nature | C |
| In the infancy of music | G |
| - | |
| Like the buzzing of an insect | H |
| Still irrational persistent | I |
| I must listen listen listen | J |
| In a passion of attention | J |
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| Till it taps upon my heartstrings | F |
| And my very life goes dripping | D |
| Dropping dripping drip drip dropping | D |
| In the drip drop of the cistern | K |
William Ernest Henley
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