The Old House Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EBEB FGFG

In through the porch and up the silent stairA
Little is changed I know so well the waysB
Here the dead came to meet me it was thereA
The dream was dreamed in unforgotten daysB
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But who is this that hurries on beforeC
A flitting shade the brooding shades amongD
She turned I saw her face O God it woreC
The face I used to wear when I was youngD
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I thought my spirit and my heart were tamedE
To deadness dead the pangs that agoniseB
The old grief springs to choke me I am shamedE
Before that little ghost with eager eyesB
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O turn away let her not see not knowF
How should she bear it how should understandG
O hasten down the stairway haste and goF
And leave her dreaming in the silent landG

Amy Levy



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