And Death Shall Have No Dominion Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCDEFGA AHIJKLLMA ANNOENNPA| And death shall have no dominion | A |
| Dead man naked they shall be one | A |
| With the man in the wind and the west moon | B |
| When their bones are picked clean and the clean bones gone | C |
| They shall have stars at elbow and foot | D |
| Though they go mad they shall be sane | E |
| Though they sink through the sea they shall rise again | F |
| Though lovers be lost love shall not | G |
| And death shall have no dominion | A |
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| And death shall have no dominion | A |
| Under the windings of the sea | H |
| They lying long shall not die windily | I |
| Twisting on racks when sinews give way | J |
| Strapped to a wheel yet they shall not break | K |
| Faith in their hands shall snap in two | L |
| And the unicorn evils run them through | L |
| Split all ends up they shan't crack | M |
| And death shall have no dominion | A |
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| And death shall have no dominion | A |
| No more may gulls cry at their ears | N |
| Or waves break loud on the seashores | N |
| Where blew a flower may a flower no more | O |
| Lift its head to the blows of the rain | E |
| Though they be mad and dead as nails | N |
| Heads of the characters hammer through daisies | N |
| Break in the sun till the sun breaks down | P |
| And death shall have no dominion | A |
Dylan Thomas
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