Poet Emily Dickinson

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There's Been A Death, In The Opposite House Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: A BCDE FEGH FIJK LMNO PQB Q RSTU

A
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There's been a Death in the Opposite HouseB
As lately as TodayC
I know it by the numb lookD
Such Houses have alwayE
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The Neighbors rustle in and outF
The Doctor drives awayE
A Window opens like a PodG
Abrupt mechanicallyH
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Somebody flings a Mattress outF
The Children hurry byI
They wonder if it died on thatJ
I used to when a BoyK
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The Minister goes stiffly inL
As if the House were HisM
And He owned all the Mourners nowN
And little Boys besidesO
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And then the Milliner and the ManP
Of the Appalling TradeQ
To take the measure of the HouseB
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There'll be that Dark ParadeQ
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Of Tassels and of Coaches soonR
It's easy as a SignS
The Intuition of the NewsT
In just a Country TownU

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