Precedence. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEEE FEGE EHIH| Wait till the majesty of Death | A |
| Invests so mean a brow | B |
| Almost a powdered footman | C |
| Might dare to touch it now | B |
| - | |
| Wait till in everlasting robes | D |
| This democrat is dressed | E |
| Then prate about preferment | E |
| And station and the rest | E |
| - | |
| Around this quiet courtier | F |
| Obsequious angels wait | E |
| Full royal is his retinue | G |
| Full purple is his state | E |
| - | |
| A lord might dare to lift the hat | E |
| To such a modest clay | H |
| Since that my Lord the Lord of lords | I |
| Receives unblushingly | H |
Emily Elizabeth Dickinson
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