Death's Chill Between Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBCDD EFEFGH IJI CC JKJKLL MNONAA PKQKEE RSRSOM| Athenaeum October | A |
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| Chide not let me breathe a little | B |
| For I shall not mourn him long | C |
| Though the life cord was so brittle | B |
| The love cord was very strong | C |
| I would wake a little space | D |
| Till I find a sleeping place | D |
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| You can go I shall not weep | E |
| You can go unto your rest | F |
| My heart ache is all too deep | E |
| And too sore my throbbing breast | F |
| Can sobs be or angry tears | G |
| Where are neither hopes nor fears | H |
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| Though with you I am alone | I |
| And must be so everywhere | J |
| I will make no useless moan | I |
| None shall say 'She could not bear ' | - |
| While life lasts I will be strong | C |
| But I shall not struggle long | C |
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| Listen listen Everywhere | J |
| A low voice is calling me | K |
| And a step is on the stair | J |
| And one comes ye do not see | K |
| Listen listen Evermore | L |
| A dim hand knocks at the door | L |
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| Hear me he is come again | M |
| My own dearest is come back | N |
| Bring him in from the cold rain | O |
| Bring wine and let nothing lack | N |
| Thou and I will rest together | A |
| Love until the sunny weather | A |
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| I will shelter thee from harm | P |
| Hide thee from all heaviness | K |
| Come to me and keep thee warm | Q |
| By my side in quietness | K |
| I will lull thee to thy sleep | E |
| With sweet songs we will not weep | E |
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| Who hath talked of weeping Yet | R |
| There is something at my heart | S |
| Gnawing I would fain forget | R |
| And an aching and a smart | S |
| Ah my mother 'tis in vain | O |
| For he is not come again | M |
Christina Georgina Rossetti
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