Days Of Vanity Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAAAAA AAABBA CCADDA EEACCA FFAGGAA dream that waketh | A |
Bubble that breaketh | A |
Song whose burden sigheth | A |
A passing breath | A |
Smoke that vanisheth | A |
Such is life that dieth | A |
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A flower that fadeth | A |
Fruit the tree sheddeth | A |
Trackless bird that flieth | A |
Summer time brief | B |
Falling of the leaf | B |
Such is life that dieth | A |
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A scent exhaling | C |
Snow waters failing | C |
Morning dew that drieth | A |
A windy blast | D |
Lengthening shadows cast | D |
Such is life that dieth | A |
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A scanty measure | E |
Rust eaten treasure | E |
Spending that nought buyeth | A |
Moth on the wing | C |
Toil unprofiting | C |
Such is life that dieth | A |
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Morrow by morrow | F |
Sorrow breeds sorrow | F |
For this my song sigheth | A |
From day to night | G |
We lapse out of sight | G |
Such is life that dieth | A |
Christina Rossetti
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