Dead Cleopatra Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHIH JKLM NOIO| Dead Cleopatra lies in a crystal casket | A |
| Wrapped and spiced by the cunningest of hands | B |
| Around her neck they have put a golden necklace | C |
| Her tatbebs it is said are worn with sands | B |
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| Dead Cleopatra was once revered in Egypt | D |
| Warm eyed she was this princess of the south | E |
| Now she is very old and dry and faded | F |
| With black bitumen they have sealed up her mouth | E |
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| Grave robbers pulled the gold rings from her fingers | G |
| Despite the holy symbols across her breast | H |
| They scared the bats that quietly whirled above her | I |
| Poor lady she would have been long since at rest | H |
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| If she had not been wrapped and spiced so shrewdly | J |
| Preserved obscene to mock black flights of years | K |
| What would her lover have said had he foreseen it | L |
| Had he been moved to ecstasy or tears | M |
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| O sweet clean earth from whom the green blade cometh | N |
| When we are dead my best beloved and I | O |
| Close well above us that we may rest forever | I |
| Sending up grass and blossoms to the sky | O |
Conrad Potter Aiken
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