After Death Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBAABBACDEEDC| The curtains were half drawn the floor was swept | A |
| And strewn with rushes rosemary and may | B |
| Lay thick upon the bed on which I lay | B |
| Where through the lattice ivy shadows crept | A |
| He leaned above me thinking that I slept | A |
| And could not hear him but I heard him say | B |
| Poor child poor child and as he turned away | B |
| Came a deep silence and I knew he wept | A |
| He did not touch the shroud or raise the fold | C |
| That hid my face or take my hand in his | D |
| Or ruffle the smooth pillows for my head | E |
| He did not love me living but once dead | E |
| He pitied me and very sweet it is | D |
| To know he still is warm though I am cold | C |
Christina Rossetti
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