It Was Not Death, For I Stood Up Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDE FGHI GJKL MNOP QRDR ISTU| A | |
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| It was not Death for I stood up | B |
| And all the Dead lie down | C |
| It was not Night for all the Bells | D |
| Put out their Tongues for Noon | E |
| - | |
| It was not Frost for on my Flesh | F |
| I felt Siroccos crawl | G |
| Nor Fire for just my Marble feet | H |
| Could keep a Chancel cool | I |
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| And yet it tasted like them all | G |
| The Figures I have seen | J |
| Set orderly for Burial | K |
| Reminded me of mine | L |
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| As if my life were shaven | M |
| And fitted to a frame | N |
| And could not breathe without a key | O |
| And 'twas like Midnight some | P |
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| When everything that ticked has stopped | Q |
| And Space stares all around | R |
| Or Grisly frosts first Autumn morns | D |
| Repeal the Beating Ground | R |
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| But most like Chaos Stopless cool | I |
| Without a Change or Spar | S |
| Or even a Report of Land | T |
| To justify Despair | U |
Emily Dickinson
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