Death Is Like The Insect Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDC EFGH DIDI| A | |
| - | |
| Death is like the insect | B |
| Menacing the tree | C |
| Competent to kill it | D |
| But decoyed may be | C |
| - | |
| Bait it with the balsam | E |
| Seek it with the saw | F |
| Baffle if it cost you | G |
| Everything you are | H |
| - | |
| Then if it have burrowed | D |
| Out of reach of skill | I |
| Wring the tree and leave it | D |
| 'Tis the vermin's will | I |
Emily Dickinson
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