The Hour And The Ghost Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBCDDC E FFF G HIJKLLI L MLMLLLLLL E NNN L OLOLPQQR L LSLSLLLLLL E TTU L VVWLXLYYYMMV| BRIDE | A |
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| O love love hold me fast | B |
| He draws me away from thee | C |
| I cannot stem the blast | B |
| Nor the cold strong sea | C |
| Far away a light shines | D |
| Beyond the hills and pines | D |
| It is lit for me | C |
| - | |
| BRIDEGROOM | E |
| - | |
| I have thee close my dear | F |
| No terror can come near | F |
| Only far off the northern light shines clear | F |
| - | |
| GHOST | G |
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| Come with me fair and false | H |
| To our home come home | I |
| It is my voice that calls | J |
| Once thou wast not afraid | K |
| When I woo'd and said | L |
| 'Come our nest is newly made' | L |
| Now cross the tossing foam | I |
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| BRIDE | L |
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| Hold me one moment longer | M |
| He taunts me with the past | L |
| His clutch is waxing stronger | M |
| Hold me fast hold me fast | L |
| He draws me from thy heart | L |
| And I cannot withhold | L |
| He bids my spirit depart | L |
| With him into the cold | L |
| Oh bitter vows of old | L |
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| BRIDEGROOM | E |
| - | |
| Lean on me hide thine eyes | N |
| Only ourselves earth and skies | N |
| Are present here be wise | N |
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| GHOST | L |
| - | |
| Lean on me come away | O |
| I will guide and steady | L |
| Come for I will not stay | O |
| Come for house and bed are ready | L |
| Ah sure bed and house | P |
| For better and worse for life and death | Q |
| Goal won with shortened breath | Q |
| Come crown our vows | R |
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| BRIDE | L |
| - | |
| One moment one more word | L |
| While my heart beats still | S |
| While my breath is stirred | L |
| By my fainting will | S |
| O friend forsake me not | L |
| Forget not as I forgot | L |
| But keep thy heart for me | L |
| Keep thy faith true and bright | L |
| Through the lone cold winter night | L |
| Perhaps I may come to thee | L |
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| BRIDEGROOM | E |
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| Nay peace my darling peace | T |
| Let these dreams and terrors cease | T |
| Who spoke of death or change or aught but ease | U |
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| GHOST | L |
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| O fair frail sin | V |
| O poor harvest gathered in | V |
| Thou shalt visit him again | W |
| To watch his heart grow cold | L |
| To know the gnawing pain | X |
| I knew of old | L |
| To see one much more fair | Y |
| Fill up the vacant chair | Y |
| Fill his heart his children bear | Y |
| While thou and I together | M |
| In the outcast weather | M |
| Toss and howl and spin | V |
Christina Georgina Rossetti
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