Because I Could Not Stop For Death Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDC EFGC HIJK LMNM OPMP QFRC| A | |
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| Because I could not stop for Death | B |
| He kindly stopped for me | C |
| The Carriage held but just Ourselves | D |
| And Immortality | C |
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| We slowly drove He knew no haste | E |
| And I had put away | F |
| My labor and my leisure too | G |
| For His Civility | C |
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| We passed the School where Children strove | H |
| At Recess in the Ring | I |
| We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain | J |
| We passed the Setting Sun | K |
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| Or rather He passed Us | L |
| The Dews drew quivering and chill | M |
| For only Gossamer my Gown | N |
| My Tippet only Tulle | M |
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| We paused before a House that seemed | O |
| A Swelling of the Ground | P |
| The Roof was scarcely visible | M |
| The Cornice in the Ground | P |
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| Since then 'tis Centuries and yet | Q |
| Feels shorter than the Day | F |
| I first surmised the Horses' Heads | R |
| Were toward Eternity | C |
Emily Dickinson
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