Delayed Till She Had Ceased To Know Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCDDC EFGHHG EEIJJI| A | |
| - | |
| Delayed till she had ceased to know | B |
| Delayed till in its vest of snow | B |
| Her loving bosom lay | C |
| An hour behind the fleeting breath | D |
| Later by just an hour than Death | D |
| Oh lagging Yesterday | C |
| - | |
| Could she have guessed that it would be | E |
| Could but a crier of the joy | F |
| Have climbed the distant hill | G |
| Had not the bliss so slow a pace | H |
| Who knows but this surrendered face | H |
| Were undefeated still | G |
| - | |
| Oh if there may departing be | E |
| Any forgot by Victory | E |
| In her imperial round | I |
| Show them this meek appareled thing | J |
| That could not stop to be a king | J |
| Doubtful if it be crowned | I |
Emily Dickinson
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