Sweet Death Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBCDDAB AEEAFGAE AHHCIIAHThe sweetest blossoms die | A |
And so it was that going day by day | B |
Unto the church to praise and pray | B |
And crossing the green churchyard thoughtfully | C |
I saw how on the graves the flowers | D |
Shed their fresh leaves in showers | D |
And how their perfume rose up to the sky | A |
Before it passed away | B |
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The youngest blossoms die | A |
They die and fall and nourish the rich earth | E |
From which they lately had their birth | E |
Sweet life but sweeter death that passeth by | A |
And is as though it had not been | F |
All colors turn to green | G |
The bright hues vanish and the odors fly | A |
The grass hath lasting worth | E |
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And youth and beauty die | A |
So be it O my God Thou God of truth | H |
Better than beauty and than youth | H |
Are Saints and Angels a glad company | C |
And Thou O Lord our Rest and Ease | I |
Art better far than these | I |
Why should we shrink from our full harvest why | A |
Prefer to glean with Ruth | H |
Christina Rossetti
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