A Requiem Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCBA DECCED FGHHGI AJCCJA| Neobule being tired | A |
| Far too tired to laugh or weep | B |
| From the hours rosy and gray | C |
| Hid her golden face away | C |
| Neobule fain of sleep | B |
| Slept at last as she desired | A |
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| Neobule is it well | D |
| That you haunt the hollow lands | E |
| Where the poor dead people stray | C |
| Ghostly pitiful and gray | C |
| Plucking with their spectral hands | E |
| Scentless blooms of asphodel | D |
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| Neobule tired to death | F |
| Of the flowers that I threw | G |
| On her flower like fair feet | H |
| Sighed for blossoms not so sweet | H |
| Lunar roses pale and blue | G |
| Lilies of the world beneath | I |
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| Neobule ah too tired | A |
| Of the dreams and days above | J |
| Where the poor dead people stray | C |
| Ghostly pitiful and gray | C |
| Out of life and out of love | J |
| Sleeps the sleep which she desired | A |
Ernest Dowson
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About A Requiem
A Requiem is a poem by Ernest Dowson. This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.