The Hour And The Ghost Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBCDDC E FFF G HIJKLKI A MBMBNONOO E PPP G QCQCRSST A UVUVWWCXXC E YYZ G A2A2B2OC2OD2D2D2MMA2| BRIDE | A |
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| O love love hold me fast | B |
| He draws me away from thee | C |
| I cannot stem the blast | B |
| Nor the cold strong sea | C |
| Far away a light shines | D |
| Beyond the hills and pines | D |
| It is lit for me | C |
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| BRIDEGROOM | E |
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| I have thee close my dear | F |
| No terror can come near | F |
| Only far off the northern light shines clear | F |
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| GHOST | G |
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| Come with me fair and false | H |
| To our home come home | I |
| It is my voice that calls | J |
| Once thou wast not afraid | K |
| When I wooed and said | L |
| Come our nest is newly made | K |
| Now cross the tossing foam | I |
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| BRIDE | A |
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| Hold me one moment longer | M |
| He taunts me with the past | B |
| His clutch is waxing stronger | M |
| Hold me fast hold me fast | B |
| He draws me from thy heart | N |
| And I cannot withhold | O |
| He bids my spirit depart | N |
| With him into the cold | O |
| O bitter vows of old | O |
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| BRIDEGROOM | E |
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| Lean on me hide thine eyes | P |
| Only ourselves earth and skies | P |
| Are present here be wise | P |
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| GHOST | G |
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| Lean on me come away | Q |
| I will guide and steady | C |
| Come for I will not stay | Q |
| Come for house and bed are ready | C |
| Ah sure bed and house | R |
| For better and worse for life and death | S |
| Goal won with shortened breath | S |
| Come crown our vows | T |
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| BRIDE | A |
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| One moment one more word | U |
| While my heart beats still | V |
| While my breath is stirred | U |
| By my fainting will | V |
| O friend forsake me not | W |
| Forget not as I forgot | W |
| But keep thy heart for me | C |
| Keep thy faith true and bright | X |
| Through the lone cold winter night | X |
| Perhaps I may come to thee | C |
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| BRIDEGROOM | E |
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| Nay peace my darling peace | Y |
| Let these dreams and terrors cease | Y |
| Who spoke of death or change or aught but ease | Z |
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| GHOST | G |
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| O fair frail sin | A2 |
| O poor harvest gathered in | A2 |
| Thou shalt visit him again | B2 |
| To watch his heart grow cold | O |
| To know the gnawing pain | C2 |
| I knew of old | O |
| To see one much more fair | D2 |
| Fill up the vacant chair | D2 |
| Fill his heart his children bear | D2 |
| While thou and I together | M |
| In the outcast weather | M |
| Toss and howl and spin | A2 |
Christina Rossetti
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