Another Way Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF| I lay in silence dead A woman came | A |
| And laid a rose upon my breast and said | B |
| 'May God be merciful ' She spoke my name | A |
| And added 'It is strange to think him dead | B |
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| 'He loved me well enough but 't was his way | C |
| To speak it lightly ' Then beneath her breath | D |
| 'Besides' I knew what further she would say | C |
| But then a footfall broke my dream of death | D |
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| To day the words are mine I lay the rose | E |
| Upon her breast and speak her name and deem | F |
| It strange indeed that she is dead God knows | E |
| I had more pleasure in the other dream | F |
Ambrose Bierce
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