Drowning Is Not So Pitiful Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFGHFIF| Drowning is not so pitiful | A |
| As the attempt to rise | B |
| Three times 't is said a sinking man | C |
| Comes up to face the skies | B |
| And then declines forever | D |
| To that abhorred abode | E |
| Where hope and he part company | F |
| For he is grasped of God | G |
| The Maker's cordial visage | H |
| However good to see | F |
| Is shunned we must admit it | I |
| Like an adversity | F |
Emily Elizabeth Dickinson
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