The Sisters Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCCB DDBEEB FGBHHB IIBCCB JJBKKB HHBLLB| We were two daughters of one race | A |
| She was the fairest in the face | A |
| The wind is blowing in turret and tree | B |
| They were together and she fell | C |
| Therefore revenge became me well | C |
| O the earl was fair to see | B |
| - | |
| She died she went to burning flame | D |
| She mix'd her ancient blood with shame | D |
| The wind is howling in turret and tree | B |
| Whole weeks and months and early and late | E |
| To win his love I lay in wait | E |
| O the earl was fair to see | B |
| - | |
| I made a feast I bade him come | F |
| I won his love I brought him home | G |
| The wind is roaring in turret and tree | B |
| And after supper on a bed | H |
| Upon my lap he laid his head | H |
| O the earl was fair to see | B |
| - | |
| I kiss'd his eyelids into rest | I |
| His ruddy cheek upon my breast | I |
| The wind is raging in turret and tree | B |
| I hated him with the hate of hell | C |
| But I loved his beauty passing well | C |
| O the earl was fair to see | B |
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| I rose up in the silent night | J |
| I made my dagger sharp and bright | J |
| The wind is raving in turret and tree | B |
| As half asleep his breath he drew | K |
| Three times I stabb'd him thro' and thro' | K |
| O the earl was fair to see | B |
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| I curl'd and comb'd his comely head | H |
| He look'd so grand when he was dead | H |
| The wind is blowing in turret and tree | B |
| I wrapt his body in the sheet | L |
| And laid him at his mother's feet | L |
| O the earl was fair to see | B |
Alfred Lord Tennyson
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