The White Lady Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF AGAG| I cannot rest I cannot rest | A |
| In straight and shiny wood | B |
| My woven hands upon my breast | A |
| The dead are all so good | B |
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| The earth is cool across their eyes | C |
| They lie there quietly | D |
| But I am neither old nor wise | C |
| They do not welcome me | D |
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| Where never I walked alone before | E |
| I wander in the weeds | F |
| And people scream and bar the door | E |
| And rattle at their beads | F |
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| We cannot rest we never rest | A |
| Within a narrow bed | G |
| Who still must love the living best | A |
| Who hate the pompous dead | G |
Dorothy Parker
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