Earth Bound Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCD EFEFG AHAIJ KLKLA MCMCNN| New paradise and groom and bride | A |
| The world was all their own | B |
| Her heart swelled full of love and pride | A |
| Yet were they quite alone | B |
| 'Now how is it oh how is it and why is it' in fear | C |
| All silent to herself she spake 'that something strange seems here ' | D |
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| Along the garden paths they walked | E |
| The moon was at its height | F |
| And lover wise they strolled and talked | E |
| But something was not right | F |
| And 'Who is that now who is that oh who is that ' quoth she | G |
| All silent in her heart she spake 'that seems to follow me ' | - |
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| He drew her closer to his side | A |
| She felt his lingering kiss | H |
| And yet a shadow seemed to glide | A |
| Between her heart and his | I |
| And 'What is that now what is that oh what is that ' she said | J |
| All silent to herself she spake 'that minds me of the dead ' | - |
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| They wandered back by beds of bloom | K |
| They climbed a winding stair | L |
| They crossed the threshold of their room | K |
| But something waited there | L |
| 'Now who is this and what is this and where is this ' she cried | A |
| All silent was the cry she made 'that comes to haunt and hide ' | - |
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| Wide eyed she lay the while he slept | M |
| She could not name her fear | C |
| But something from her bedside crept | M |
| Just as the dawn drew near | C |
| She did not know she could not know how could she know who came | N |
| To haunt the home of one whose hand had dug her grave of shame | N |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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