Poet Emily Dickinson

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Twas Like A Maelstrom, With A Notch Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: A BCDE FGHIJ KLMN OPQP RSTS UVWX

A
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'Twas like a Maelstrom with a notchB
That nearer every DayC
Kept narrowing its boiling WheelD
Until the AgonyE
-
Toyed coolly with the final inchF
Of your delirious HemG
And you dropt lostH
When something brokeI
And let you from a DreamJ
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As if a Goblin with a GaugeK
Kept measuring the HoursL
Until you felt your SecondM
Weigh helpless in his PawsN
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And not a Sinew stirred could helpO
And sense was setting numbP
When God remembered and the FiendQ
Let go then OvercomeP
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As if your Sentence stood pronouncedR
And you were frozen ledS
From Dungeon's luxury of DoubtT
To Gibbets and the DeadS
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And when the Film had stitched your eyesU
A Creature gasped ReprieveV
Which Anguish was the utterest thenW
To perish or to liveX

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