If Anybody's Friend Be Dead Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDD EDFD EDDD DGDD DDHD DDDIA | |
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If anybody's friend be dead | B |
It's sharpest of the theme | C |
The thinking how they walked alive mdash | D |
At such and such a time mdash | D |
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Their costume of a Sunday | E |
Some manner of the Hair mdash | D |
A prank nobody knew but them | F |
Lost in the Sepulchre mdash | D |
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How warm they were on such a day | E |
You almost feel the date mdash | D |
So short way off it seems mdash | D |
And now mdash they're Centuries from that mdash | D |
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How pleased they were at what you said mdash | D |
You try to touch the smile | G |
And dip your fingers in the frost mdash | D |
When was it mdash Can you tell mdash | D |
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You asked the Company to tea mdash | D |
Acquaintance mdash just a few mdash | D |
And chatted close with this Grand Thing | H |
That don't remember you mdash | D |
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Past Bows and Invitations mdash | D |
Past Interview and Vow mdash | D |
Past what Ourself can estimate mdash | D |
That mdash makes the Quick of Woe | I |
Emily Dickinson
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