Passing And Glassing Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBBCCD AAEFGHHA AAIIIJJD| All things that pass | A |
| Are woman's looking glass | A |
| They show her how her bloom must fade | B |
| And she herself be laid | B |
| With withered roses in the shade | B |
| With withered roses and the fallen peach | C |
| Unlovely out of reach | C |
| Of summer joy that was | D |
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| All things that pass | A |
| Are woman's tiring glass | A |
| The faded lavender is sweet | E |
| Sweet the dead violet | F |
| Culled and laid by and cared for yet | G |
| The dried up violets and dried lavender | H |
| Still sweet may comfort her | H |
| Nor need she cry Alas | A |
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| All things that pass | A |
| Are wisdom's looking glass | A |
| Being full of hope and fear and still | I |
| Brimful of good or ill | I |
| According to our work and will | I |
| For there is nothing new beneath the sun | J |
| Our doings have been done | J |
| And that which shall be was | D |
Christina Rossetti
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