The Death Of Agnes Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCE FGFGHDHE| Now that the sunlight dies in my eyes | A |
| And the moonlight grows in my hair | B |
| I who was never very wise | A |
| Never was very fair | B |
| Virgin and martyr all my life | C |
| What has life left to give | D |
| Me who was never mother nor wife | C |
| Never got leave to live | E |
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| Nothing of life could I clasp or claim | F |
| Nothing could steal or save | G |
| So when you come to carve my name | F |
| Give me life in my grave | G |
| To keep me warm when I sleep alone | H |
| A lie is little to give | D |
| Call me 'Magdalen' on my stone | H |
| Though I died and did not live | E |
Edith Nesbit
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