Sister Maude Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHIH JKLK MNKNCN| Who told my mother of my shame | A |
| Who told my father of my dear | B |
| Oh who but Maude my sister Maude | C |
| Who lurked to spy and peer | B |
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| Cold he lies as cold as stone | D |
| With his clotted curls about his face | E |
| The comeliest corpse in all the world | F |
| And worthy of a queen's embrace | E |
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| You might have spared his soul sister | G |
| Have spared my soul your own soul too | H |
| Though I had not been born at all | I |
| He'd never have looked at you | H |
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| My father may sleep in Paradise | J |
| My mother at Heaven gate | K |
| But sister Maude shall get no sleep | L |
| Either early or late | K |
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| My father may wear a golden gown | M |
| My mother a crown may win | N |
| If my dear and I knocked at Heaven gate | K |
| Perhaps they'd let us in | N |
| But sister Maude oh sister Maude | C |
| Bide you with death and sin | N |
Christina Georgina Rossetti
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