A Solemn Thing—it Was—i Said Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBBB CBBB BBBB BBBD| A | |
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| A solemn thing mdash it was mdash I said mdash | B |
| A woman mdash white mdash to be mdash | B |
| And wear mdash if God should count me fit mdash | B |
| Her blameless mystery mdash | B |
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| A hallowed thing mdash to drop a life | C |
| Into the purple well mdash | B |
| Too plummetless mdash that it return mdash | B |
| Eternity mdash until mdash | B |
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| I pondered how the bliss would look mdash | B |
| And would it feel as big mdash | B |
| When I could take it in my hand mdash | B |
| As hovering mdash seen mdash through fog mdash | B |
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| And then mdash the size of this small life mdash | B |
| The Sages mdash call it small mdash | B |
| Swelled mdash like Horizons mdash in my vest mdash | B |
| And I sneered mdash softly mdash small | D |
Emily Dickinson
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