Wife To Husband Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCABC DECDEC FGCHIC JKCJKC KLCKLC| Pardon the faults in me | A |
| For the love of years ago | B |
| Good by | C |
| I must drift across the sea | A |
| I must sink into the snow | B |
| I must die | C |
| - | |
| You can bask in this sun | D |
| You can drink wine and eat | E |
| Good by | C |
| I must gird myself and run | D |
| Though with unready feet | E |
| I must die | C |
| - | |
| Blank sea to sail upon | F |
| Cold bed to sleep in | G |
| Good by | C |
| While you clasp I must be gone | H |
| For all your weeping | I |
| I must die | C |
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| A kiss for one friend | J |
| And a word for two | K |
| Good by | C |
| A lock that you must send | J |
| A kindness you must do | K |
| I must die | C |
| - | |
| Not a word for you | K |
| Not a lock or kiss | L |
| Good by | C |
| We one must part in two | K |
| Verily death is this | L |
| I must die | C |
Christina Rossetti
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