The Sleepers Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCD AEFEGG GGHGII GBJKGG| As I walked down the waterside | A |
| This silent morning wet and dark | B |
| Before the cocks in farmyards crowed | A |
| Before the dogs began to bark | B |
| Before the hour of five was struck | C |
| By old Westminster's mighty clock | D |
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| As I walked down the waterside | A |
| This morning in the cold damp air | E |
| I saw a hundred women and men | F |
| Huddled in rags and sleeping there | E |
| These people have no work thought I | G |
| And long before their time they die | G |
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| That moment on the waterside | G |
| A lighted car came at a bound | G |
| I looked inside and saw a score | H |
| Of pale and weary men that frowned | G |
| Each man sat in a huddled heap | I |
| Carried to work while fast asleep | I |
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| Ten cars rushed down the waterside | G |
| Like lighted coffins in the dark | B |
| With twenty dead men in each car | J |
| That must be brought alive by work | K |
| These people work too hard thought I | G |
| And long before their time they die | G |
William Henry Davies
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