Death And The Maiden Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBC DEDE FGFG| i BARCAROLE ON THE STYX i | A |
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| Fair youth with the rose at your lips | B |
| A riddle is hid in your eyes | C |
| Discard conversational quips | B |
| Give over elaborate disguise | C |
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| The rose's funeral breath | D |
| Confirms by intuitive fears | E |
| To prove your devotion Sir Death | D |
| Avaunt for a dozen of years | E |
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| But do not forget to array | F |
| Your terror in juvenile charms | G |
| I shall deeply regret my delay | F |
| If I sleep in a skeleton's arms | G |
Elinor Morton Wylie
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