Dead Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: AB CDEFGHIJK LMNOPQRSOTU VWXVYZA2B2C2D2E2 F2G2H2I2TI2JP J2K2I2ZI2L2M2F2I2I2I 2N2O2HN2P2Q2FI2CJ2I2 I2I2R2S2K2T2I2I2S2UH U2I2I2AI2UI2I2V2I2QI 2I2T W2UI2Q2X2Y2Z2A3Z2

ON board the Petrel in St Lucia's bayA
Of yellow fever ag d twenty nineB
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Who did you say my lady drawled the EarlC
The duke what dukeD
I did not speak of dukesE
Replied the Countess slowly white and grimF
Pressing the rustling sheet between her palmsG
The while her diamonds heaved upon her breastH
And sank and heaved and glitter'd like her eyesI
Hungry pathetic eyes 'Tis only DickJ
Only a sailor lad I used to knowK
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Humph A West Indian friend he softly sneer'dL
And bow'd and gave his arm The carriage waitsM
My lady loses timeN
Then pass'd they outO
Through silky servants he the great Earl starkP
In plume and crest and linked mediaeval steelQ
The Countess en berg re in white and redR
With roses diamond dew dropped in her hatS
And in her queenly bosom pass'd they outO
And through clear gaslight and the avenueT
Of silent Champs Elys es to the f teU
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Her restless eyes were blind to all the blazeV
And motley splendour of the throng'd saloonsW
The flowers the cool cascades the magic wandX
Of Strauss the vine draped balustrades the gazeV
Of wistful admiration meeting hersY
At every step The Empress smiled and bow'dZ
The Emperor praised the beauty and the tasteA2
Of her mock rustic costume princes beggedB2
Her fair hand for the dance and her grim lordC2
Scowl'd wrathful on her when she pass'd him byD2
She cared for none she look'd beyond them allE2
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She saw another night a hot bright nightF2
A night of years ago danced out in joyG2
'Neath the low roof tree of a planter's houseH2
In fair Antigua's bosom saw the starsI2
Large liquid golden swimming in the blueT
Shining through open doors and jalousiesI2
And the green sparkles of the fire flies thickJ
About the forest fringing all the darkP
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The crimson creepers swaying in the airJ2
From white verandah pillars swaying softK2
The small nest of a humming bird the stemsI2
Brown ring'd of feathery palm trees plaintains bow'dZ
With broad thick leaves and clustering fruit and seedsI2
In scarlet vessels orange groves white flower'dL2
And sweet with hanging balls of green and goldM2
All vaguely outlined in the mellow nightF2
And nearer still a brave brown English faceI2
Bent low with clear grey eyes and faithful lipsI2
That whisper'd Reine I love you meeting hersI2
The drowsy sound of laughter and light feetN2
Behind them she could hear but the quick throbO2
Of poor Dick's English heart upon her breastH
She felt to suffocation Reine my sweetN2
I love you Reine I love you kiss me childP2
And her soft hands stray'd softly round his neckQ2
And softer still she kiss'd himF
Then she sawI2
A morning hot and stormy saw the EarlC
Drunk with her wondrous beauty standing thereJ2
Where Dick had stood She saw his cultured waysI2
His high bred stately courtesy and graceI2
She heard his subtle flatteries his talesI2
Of the great world of court and city lifeR2
With gaping ears and speculating brainS2
The voice of the arch tempter low and softK2
Spoke in his polished accents Reine 'tis sinT2
'Tis sin and shame that such a face as yoursI2
Should waste its sweetness in these heathen islesI2
There's not a fairer face in Europe ReineS2
'Tis worth a coronet Come back with meU
As a great earl's wife in his diamonds dress'dH
You would have homage like a crown d queenU2
She shudder'd now his diamonds gall'd her worseI2
Than felon's chainsI2
Anon she saw a bayA
Blue limpid water fringed with dipping palmsI2
A green rock gateway opening on the seaU
Green cane fields stretching upward woods and hillsI2
Lying entangled in the summer cloudsI2
An English ship at anchor burning noonV2
A thin brown fever'd face with hungry eyesI2
Roaming from side to side in dumb appealQ
Which none could understand and dying lipsI2
Muttering to vacant air and heedless earsI2
I love you Reine I love youT
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O my loveW2
O Dick my Dick would I could sleep with theeU
In thy last happy sleep among the palmsI2
With my dead hands clasp'd tight about thy neckQ2
O Dick I did not mean it did not thinkX2
And now my heart is brokenY2
Take me homeZ2
The rooms are hot my lord and I am faintA3
The music makes me giddy Take me homeZ2

Ada Cambridge



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