Sweet Death Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBCDDAB AEEAFGAE AHHCIIAH| The sweetest blossoms die | A |
| And so it was that going day by day | B |
| Unto the church to praise and pray | B |
| And crossing the green churchyard thoughtfully | C |
| I saw how on the graves the flowers | D |
| Shed their fresh leaves in showers | D |
| And how their perfume rose up to the sky | A |
| Before it passed away | B |
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| The youngest blossoms die | A |
| They die and fall and nourish the rich earth | E |
| From which they lately had their birth | E |
| Sweet life but sweeter death that passeth by | A |
| And is as though it had not been | F |
| All colors turn to green | G |
| The bright hues vanish and the odours fly | A |
| The grass hath lasting worth | E |
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| And youth and beauty die | A |
| So be it O my God Thou God of truth | H |
| Better than beauty and than youth | H |
| Are Saints and Angels a glad company | C |
| And Thou O lord our Rest and Ease | I |
| Are better far than these | I |
| Why should we shrink from our full harvest why | A |
| Prefer to glean with Ruth | H |
Christina Georgina Rossetti
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