The Last Night That She Lived, Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGH IBJK LMNO PQRS TUVW| The last night that she lived | A |
| It was a common night | B |
| Except the dying this to us | C |
| Made nature different | D |
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| We noticed smallest things | E |
| Things overlooked before | F |
| By this great light upon our minds | G |
| Italicized as 't were | H |
| - | |
| That others could exist | I |
| While she must finish quite | B |
| A jealousy for her arose | J |
| So nearly infinite | K |
| - | |
| We waited while she passed | L |
| It was a narrow time | M |
| Too jostled were our souls to speak | N |
| At length the notice came | O |
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| She mentioned and forgot | P |
| Then lightly as a reed | Q |
| Bent to the water shivered scarce | R |
| Consented and was dead | S |
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| And we we placed the hair | T |
| And drew the head erect | U |
| And then an awful leisure was | V |
| Our faith to regulate | W |
Emily Elizabeth Dickinson
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