A Dirge Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBAA AACCAA| Why were you born when the snow was falling | A |
| You should have come to the cuckoo's calling | A |
| Or when grapes are green in the cluster | B |
| Or at least when lithe swallows muster | B |
| For their far off flying | A |
| From summer dying | A |
| - | |
| Why did you die when the lambs were cropping | A |
| You should have died at the apples' dropping | A |
| When the grasshopper comes to trouble | C |
| And the wheat fields are sodden stubble | C |
| And all winds go sighing | A |
| For sweet things dying | A |
Christina Rossetti
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