Epitaph Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BB CC DD EE FF| The first time I died I walked my ways | A |
| I followed the file of limping days | A |
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| I held me tall with my head flung up | B |
| But I dared not look on the new moon's cup | B |
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| I dared not look on the sweet young rain | C |
| And between my ribs was a gleaming pain | C |
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| The next time I died they laid me deep | D |
| They spoke worn words to hallow my sleep | D |
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| They tossed me petals they wreathed me fern | E |
| They weighted me down with a marble urn | E |
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| And I lie here warm and I lie here dry | F |
| And watch the worms slip by slip by | F |
Dorothy Parker
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