Slander Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBA CDDC EFFE GHHG| 'Twas but a breath | A |
| And yet the fair good name was wilted | B |
| And friends once fond grew cold and stilted | B |
| And life was worse than death | A |
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| One venomed word | C |
| That struck its coward poisoned blow | D |
| In craven whispers hushed and low | D |
| And yet the wide world heard | C |
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| 'Twas but one whisper one | E |
| That muttered low for very shame | F |
| The thing the slanderer dared not name | F |
| And yet its work was done | E |
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| A hint so slight | G |
| And yet so mighty in its power | H |
| A human soul in one short hour | H |
| Lies crushed beneath its blight | G |
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