The Woodspurge Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAAA BCCC DEDD FFFF| The wind flapped loose the wind was still | A |
| Shaken out dead from tree and hill | A |
| I had walked on at the wind's will | A |
| I sat now for the wind was still | A |
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| Between my knees my forehead was | B |
| My lips drawn in said not Alas | C |
| My hair was over in the grass | C |
| My naked ears heard the day pass | C |
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| My eyes wide open had the run | D |
| Of some ten weeds to fix upon | E |
| Among those few out of the sun | D |
| The woodspurge flowered three cups in one | D |
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| From perfect grief there need not be | F |
| Wisdom or even memory | F |
| One thing then learned remains to me | F |
| The woodspurge has a cup of three | F |
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
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