Memory Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDC EFEF GHCI JKJK LMLN A OFFO PQQP RCCR PSTP| I | A |
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| I nursed it in my bosom while it lived | B |
| I hid it in my heart when it was dead | C |
| In joy I sat alone even so I grieved | D |
| Alone and nothing said | C |
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| I shut the door to face the naked truth | E |
| I stood alone I faced the truth alone | F |
| Stripped bare of self regard or forms or ruth | E |
| Till first and last were shown | F |
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| I took the perfect balances and weighed | G |
| No shaking of my hand disturbed the poise | H |
| Weighed found it wanting not a word I said | C |
| But silent made my choice | I |
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| None know the choice I made I make it still | J |
| None know the choice I made and broke my heart | K |
| Breaking mine idol I have braced my will | J |
| Once chosen for once my part | K |
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| I broke it at a blow I laid it cold | L |
| Crushed in my deep heart where it used to live | M |
| My heart dies inch by inch the time grows old | L |
| Grows old in which I grieve | N |
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| II | A |
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| I have a room whereinto no one enters | O |
| Save I myself alone | F |
| There sits a blessed memory on a throne | F |
| There my life centres | O |
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| While winter comes and goes oh tedious comer | P |
| And while its nip wind blows | Q |
| While bloom the bloodless lily and warm rose | Q |
| Of lavish summer | P |
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| If any should force entrance he might see there | R |
| One buried yet not dead | C |
| Before whose face I no more bow my head | C |
| Or bend my knee there | R |
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| But often in my worn life's autumn weather | P |
| I watch there with clear eyes | S |
| And think how it will be in Paradise | T |
| When we're together | P |
Christina Georgina Rossetti
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