Separation Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDD EFGFHH IIJKLMAnd so we twain must part Oh linger yet | A |
Let me still feed my glance upon thine eyes | B |
Forget not love the days of our delight | C |
And I our nights of bliss shall ever prize | B |
In dreams thy shadowy image I shall see | D |
Oh even in my dream be kind to me | D |
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Though I were dead I none the less would hear | E |
Thy step thy garment rustling on the sand | F |
And if thou waft me greetings from the grave | G |
I shall drink deep the breath of that cold land | F |
Take thou my days command this life of mine | H |
If it can lengthen out the space of thine | H |
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No voice I hear from lips death pale and chill | I |
Yet deep within my heart it echoes still | I |
My frame remains my soul to thee yearns forth | J |
A shadow I must tarry still on earth | K |
Back to the body dwelling here in pain | L |
Return my soul make haste and come again | M |
Emma Lazarus
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