A Ghost At The Dancing Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKF LMBJIF NO J F PQRSTF UGVWXF ISDSSF| A WIND SWEPT tulip bed a colored cloud | A |
| Of butterflies careering in the air | B |
| A many figured arras stirred to life | C |
| And merry unto midnight music dumb | D |
| So the dance whirls Do any think of thee | E |
| Amiel Amiel | F |
| Friends greet each other countless rills of talk | G |
| Meander round scattering a spray of smiles | H |
| Surely the news was false One minute more | I |
| And thou wilt stand here tall and quiet eyed | J |
| Shakespearian beauty in they pensive face | K |
| Amiel Amiel | F |
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| Many here knew and loved thee I nor loved | L |
| Scarce knew yet in thy place a shadow glides | M |
| And a face shapes itself from empty air | B |
| Watching the dancers grave and quiet eyed | J |
| Eyes that now see the angels evermore | I |
| Amiel Amiel | F |
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| On just such night as this 'midst dance and song | N |
| I bade thee carelessly a light good by | O |
| 'Good by' saidst thou 'A happy journey home ' | - |
| Was the unseen death angel at thy side | J |
| Mocking those words 'A happy journey home ' | - |
| Amiel Amiel | F |
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| Ay we play fool's play still thou hast gone home | P |
| While these dance here a mile hence o'er thy grave | Q |
| Drifts the deep New Year snow The wondrous gate | R |
| We spoke of thou hast entered I without | S |
| Grope ignorant still thou dost its secrets know | T |
| Amiel Amiel | F |
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| What if thus sitting where we sat last year | U |
| Thou camest took'st up our broken thread of talk | G |
| And told'st of that new Home which far I view | V |
| As children wandering on through wintry fields | W |
| Mark on the hill the father's window shine | X |
| Amiel Amiel | F |
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| No We shall see thy pleasant face no more | I |
| Thy words on earth are ended Yet thou livest | S |
| 'T is we who die I too one day shall come | D |
| And unseen watch these shadows quiet eyed | S |
| Then flit back to thy land the living land | S |
| Amiel Amiel | F |
Dinah Maria Mulock Craik
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