Sonnet Xlviii: Death-in-love Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAAAABBACDDCEE| There came an image in Life's retinue | A |
| That had Love's wings and bore his gonfalon | A |
| Fair was the web and nobly wrought thereon | A |
| O soul sequestered face thy form and hue | A |
| Bewildering sounds such as Spring wakens to | A |
| Shook in its folds and through my heart its power | B |
| Sped trackless as the immemorable hour | B |
| When birth's dark portal groaned and all was new | A |
| But a veiled woman followed and she caught | C |
| The banner round its staff to furl and cling | D |
| Then plucked a feather from the bearer's wing | D |
| And held it to his lips that stirred it not | C |
| And said to me Behold there is no breath | E |
| I and this Love are one and I am Death | E |
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
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