The Two Good Sisters Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCE BFF GHH| Debauch and Death are a fine healthy pair | A |
| Of girls whose love is prodigal and free | B |
| Their virgin wombs beneath the rags they wear | A |
| Are barren though they labour constantly | B |
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| To the arch poet foe of families | C |
| Hell's favourite a cut rate whore at court | D |
| Brothels and tombs show in dark galleries | C |
| A bed never frequented by remorse | E |
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| And coffin alcove rich in blasphemy | B |
| As two good sisters would offer as treats | F |
| Terrible pleasures horrifying sweets | F |
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| Debauch when will your clutches bury me a rival | G |
| Death will you be coming now | H |
| To graft black cypress to her myrtle bough | H |
Charles Baudelaire
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