The Death-song Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFGF HIHI JKBL MNMN| Mother mother my heart is wild | A |
| Hold me upon your bosom dear | B |
| Do not frown on your own poor child | A |
| Death is darkly drawing near | B |
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| Mother mother the bitter shame | C |
| Eats into my very soul | D |
| And longing love like a wrapping flame | C |
| Burns me away without control | D |
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| Mother mother upon my brow | E |
| The clammy death sweats coldly rise | F |
| How dim and strange your features grow | G |
| Through the hot mist that veils my eyes | F |
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| Mother mother sing me the song | H |
| They sing on sunny August eves | I |
| The rustling barley fields along | H |
| Binding up the ripe red sheaves | I |
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| Mother mother I do not hear | J |
| Your voice but his oh guard me well | K |
| His breathing makes me faint with fear | B |
| His clasping arms are round me still | L |
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| Mother mother unbind my vest | M |
| Upon my heart lies his first token | N |
| Now lay me in my narrow nest | M |
| Your withered blossom crushed and broken | N |
Frances Anne Kemble (fanny)
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