Rest Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBAABBCDEDFFE| O Earth lie heavily upon her eyes | A |
| Seal her sweet eyes weary of watching Earth | B |
| Lie close around her leave no room for mirth | B |
| With its harsh laughter nor for sound of sighs | A |
| She hath no questions she hath no replies | A |
| Hush'd in and curtain'd with a blessed dearth | B |
| Of all that irk'd her from the hour of birth | B |
| With stillness that is almost Paradise | C |
| Darkness more clear than noonday holdeth her | D |
| Silence more musical than any song | E |
| Even her very heart has ceased to stir | D |
| Until the morning of Eternity | F |
| Her rest shall not begin nor end but be | F |
| And when she wakes she will not think it long | E |
Algernon Charles Swinburne
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