The Chariot Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFB GHIH JKLK MENB| Because I could not stop for Death | A |
| He kindly stopped for me | B |
| The carriage held but just ourselves | C |
| And Immortality | B |
| - | |
| We slowly drove he knew no haste | D |
| And I had put away | E |
| My labor and my leisure too | F |
| For his civility | B |
| - | |
| We passed the school where children played | G |
| Their lessons scarcely done | H |
| We passed the fields of gazing grain | I |
| We passed the setting sun | H |
| - | |
| We paused before a house that seemed | J |
| A swelling of the ground | K |
| The roof was scarcely visible | L |
| The cornice but a mound | K |
| - | |
| Since then 't is centuries but each | M |
| Feels shorter than the day | E |
| I first surmised the horses' heads | N |
| Were toward eternity | B |
Emily Elizabeth Dickinson
(1)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
About The Chariot
The Chariot is a poem by Emily Elizabeth Dickinson. This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.
Write your comment about The Chariot poem by Emily Elizabeth Dickinson
Best Poems of Emily Elizabeth Dickinson