Vain Virtues Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBAACCD EFGEFG| What is the sorriest thing that enters Hell | A |
| None of the sins but this and that fair deed | B |
| Which a soul's sin at length could supersede | B |
| These yet are virgins whom death's timely knell | A |
| Might once have sainted whom the fiends compel | A |
| Together now in snake bound shuddering sheaves | C |
| Of anguish while the scorching bridegroom leaves | C |
| Their refuse maidenhood abominable | D |
| - | |
| Night sucks them down the garbage of the pit | E |
| Whose names half entered in the book of Life | F |
| Were God's desire at noon And as their hair | G |
| And eyes sink last the Torturer deigns no whit | E |
| To gaze but yearning waits his worthier wife | F |
| The Sin still blithe on earth that sent them there | G |
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
(1)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
About Vain Virtues
Vain Virtues is a poem by Dante Gabriel Rossetti. This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.
Write your comment about Vain Virtues poem by Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Best Poems of Dante Gabriel Rossetti