Death And Birth Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB BAB ABABDeath and birth should dwell not near together | A |
Wealth keeps house not even for shame with dearth | B |
Fate doth ill to link in one brief tether | A |
Death and birth | B |
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Harsh the yoke that binds them strange the girth | B |
Seems that girds them each with each yet whether | A |
Death be best who knows or life on earth | B |
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Ill the rose red and the sable feather | A |
Blend in one crown's plume as grief with mirth | B |
Ill met still are warm and wintry weather | A |
Death and birth | B |
Algernon Charles Swinburne
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