Song of the Rain
Hugh McCrae 1876 (Melbourne) – 1958
Night,
and the yellow pleasure of candle-light....
old brown books and the kind, fine face of the clock
fogged in the veils of the fire - it's cuddling tock.
The cat,
greening her eyes on the flame-litten mat;
wickedly, wakeful she yawns at the rain
bending the roses over the pane,
and a bird in my heart begins to sing
over and over the same sweet thing--
Safe in the house with my boyhood's love
and our children asleep in the attic above.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AABB CCDDEE FF |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 451 |
Words | 85 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 6, 2 |
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