Two Ghosts Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEF GHG IJK LM GNG OPQP RSBS TUVU WXY OZA2Z B2WC2W D2FRF| Two dead men boarded a spectral ship | A |
| In the astral Port of Space | B |
| On that ghost filled barque they met in the dark | C |
| And halted face to face | B |
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| 'Now whither away' called one of the ghosts | D |
| 'This ship sets sail for Earth | E |
| On the astral plane you must remain | F |
| Where the newly dead have birth ' | - |
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| 'But I could not stay and I would not stay ' | - |
| The other ghost replied | G |
| 'I must hurry back to the old Earth track | H |
| And stand at my loved one's side | G |
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| 'She weeps for me in her lonely room | I |
| In the land from whence I came | J |
| Oh stow me away in this ship I pray | K |
| For I hear her call my name ' | - |
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| 'You must not go and you shall not go ' | - |
| The first ghost cried in wrath | L |
| 'Your work is planned in the astral land | M |
| And a guide will show you the path ' | - |
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| 'But the one I love' 'I loved her too ' | - |
| The first ghost stood and cried | G |
| 'And year on year I waited here | N |
| Yea waited till you died | G |
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| 'For I would not come between you two | O |
| Nor shadow her joy with fear | P |
| But mine is the right I claim this night | Q |
| To visit the earthly sphere | P |
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| 'For you are dead and I am dead | R |
| And you had her long so long | S |
| And to look on the grace of her worshipped face | B |
| Ah now it can do no wrong | S |
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| 'I am fettered to Earth by love of her | T |
| And hers is the spell divine | U |
| That can help me rise to the realm that lies | V |
| Just over the astral line | U |
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| 'I have kept to the laws of God and man | W |
| I have suffered and made no moan | X |
| Now my little share of joy I swear | Y |
| I will have and have it alone ' | - |
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| A skeleton crew the anchor drew | O |
| And the ship from the port swung free | Z |
| With a muffled clang the ghost bell rang | A2 |
| And the boat sailed out to sea | Z |
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| And one ghost stood on the deck and laughed | B2 |
| As only a glad ghost can | W |
| While a swooning soul was dragged to his goal | C2 |
| To work out the astral span | W |
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| And a woman wept and prayed ere she slept | D2 |
| For a dream to ease her pain | F |
| But she dreamed instead of a man long dead | R |
| Who had loved her all in vain | F |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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