Guesses Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBAACCB DEEDDAAE AFFAAGGF HIIIIAAI| Was it a chance that made her pause | A |
| One moment at the opened door | B |
| Pale where she stood so flushed before | B |
| As one a spirit overawes | A |
| Or might it rather be because | A |
| She felt the grave was at our feet | C |
| And felt that we should no more meet | C |
| Upon its hither side no more | B |
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| Was it a chance that made her turn | D |
| Once toward the window passing by | E |
| One moment with a shrinking eye | E |
| Wherein her spirit seemed to yearn | D |
| Or did her soul then first discern | D |
| How long and rough the pathway is | A |
| That leads us home from vanities | A |
| And how it will be good to die | E |
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| There was a hill she had to pass | A |
| And while I watched her up the hill | F |
| She stooped one moment hurrying still | F |
| But left a rose upon the grass | A |
| Was it mere idleness or was | A |
| Herself with her own self at strife | G |
| Till while she chose the better life | G |
| She felt this life has power to kill | F |
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| Perhaps she did it carelessly | H |
| Perhaps it was an idle thought | I |
| Or else it was the grace unbought | I |
| A pledge to all eternity | I |
| I know not yet how this may be | I |
| But I shall know when face to face | A |
| In Paradise we find a place | A |
| And love with love that endeth not | I |
Christina Rossetti
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