The Vampire Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFEF GHIJ KELM NONM MPPM| You that like a dagger s thrust | A |
| Have entered my complaining heart | B |
| You that stronger than a host | C |
| Of demons came wild yet prepared | D |
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| Within my mind s humility | E |
| You made your bed and your domain | F |
| Infamous one who s bound to me | E |
| Like any felon by his chain | F |
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| Like a gambler by his games | G |
| Like the bottle and the sot | H |
| Like the worms in one s remains | I |
| Damm you Damnation be your lot | J |
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| I ve begged the merciful swift sword | K |
| To overcome my liberty | E |
| To poison I have said the word | L |
| Save me from poltroonery | M |
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| Alas the sword Alas the poison | N |
| Contemptuous they spoke to m | O |
| You never can deserve remission | N |
| Of your accursed slavery | M |
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| Imbecile If our deadly empire | M |
| Freed you from your present fate | P |
| Your kiss would soon resuscitate | P |
| The cold cadaver of your vampire | M |
Charles Baudelaire
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