Trying To Forget. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GBHB BIJB| Bereaved of all I went abroad | A |
| No less bereaved to be | B |
| Upon a new peninsula | C |
| The grave preceded me | B |
| - | |
| Obtained my lodgings ere myself | D |
| And when I sought my bed | E |
| The grave it was reposed upon | F |
| The pillow for my head | E |
| - | |
| I waked to find it first awake | G |
| I rose it followed me | B |
| I tried to drop it in the crowd | H |
| To lose it in the sea | B |
| - | |
| In cups of artificial drowse | B |
| To sleep its shape away | I |
| The grave was finished but the spade | J |
| Remained in memory | B |
Emily Elizabeth Dickinson
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