The Sisters' Shame Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCCB DDBEEB FGBHHB IIBCCB JJBKKB HHBLLBWe 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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I kiss'd his eyelids into rest | I |
His ruddy cheeks 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 time 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 looked 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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