Death Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBCCDEDE FGGHHIFIF JKKGGLJLMJ| NEVER again | A |
| No child shall stir the inmost heart of her | B |
| And teach her heaven by that first faint stir | B |
| No little lips shall lie against her breast | C |
| Save the cold lips that now lie there at rest | C |
| No little voice shall rouse her from her sleep | D |
| And bid her wake to pain | E |
| Her sleep is calm and deep | D |
| Call not refrain | E |
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| Close in her arm | F |
| As though even death drew back before the face | G |
| Of Motherhood in this white stilly place | G |
| The gathered bud lies waxen white and cold | H |
| As ever a flower your winter gardens hold | H |
| She bore the pain she never wore the crown | I |
| She worked the bitter charm | F |
| But all she won thereby is here laid down | I |
| Renounced for good or harm | F |
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| Dream Feed your soul | J |
| With dreams while we must starve our hearts on clay | K |
| Dream of a glorious white winged sun crowned day | K |
| When you shall see her once more face to face | G |
| Beside Christ's Mother in the blessed place | G |
| But while you dream they carry her from here | L |
| The black bells toll and toll | J |
| Oh God if only she cannot see or hear | L |
| Not hear those ghoul like bells that crowd so near | M |
| Not see that cold clay hole | J |
Edith Nesbit
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