One Of The Dead Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBAABBACDCDCD| Paler not quite so fair as in her life | A |
| She lies upon the bed perfectly still | B |
| Her little hands clasped with a patient will | B |
| Upon her bosom swelling without strife | A |
| An honoured virgin a most blameless wife | A |
| The roses lean upon the window sill | B |
| That she trained once their sweets the hot air fill | B |
| And make the death apartment odour rife | A |
| Her meek white hands folded upon her breast | C |
| Her gentle eyes closed in the long last sleep | D |
| She lieth down in her unbroken rest | C |
| Her kin kneeling around a vigil keep | D |
| Venting their grief in low sobs unrepressed | C |
| Friends she but slumbers wherefore do ye weep | D |
Christina Rossetti
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