The Day Undressed—herself Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBBC BBDB BBEB FGBBA | |
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The Day undressed mdash Herself mdash | B |
Her Garter mdash was of Gold mdash | B |
Her Petticoat mdash of Purple plain mdash | B |
Her Dimities mdash as old | C |
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Exactly mdash as the World mdash | B |
And yet the newest Star mdash | B |
Enrolled upon the Hemisphere | D |
Be wrinkled mdash much as Her mdash | B |
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Too near to God mdash to pray mdash | B |
Too near to Heaven mdash to fear mdash | B |
The Lady of the Occident | E |
Retired without a care mdash | B |
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Her Candle so expire | F |
The flickering be seen | G |
On Ball of Mast in Bosporus mdash | B |
And Dome mdash and Window Pane mdash | B |
Emily Dickinson
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