The Shroud Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF ABAB| Death I say my heart is bowed | A |
| Unto thine O mother | B |
| This red gown will make a shroud | A |
| Good as any other | B |
| - | |
| I that would not wait to wear | C |
| My own bridal things | D |
| In a dress dark as my hair | C |
| Made my answerings | D |
| - | |
| I to night that till he came | E |
| Could not could not wait | F |
| In a gown as bright as flame | E |
| Held for them the gate | F |
| - | |
| Death I say my heart is bowed | A |
| Unto thine O mother | B |
| This red gown will make a shroud | A |
| Good as any other | B |
Edna St. Vincent Millay
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