A Mammon-marriage Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABA CDCDC EFEFE ABABA GHGHG ABABA| The croak of a raven hoar | A |
| A dog's howl kennel tied | B |
| Loud shuts the carriage door | A |
| The two are away on their ghastly ride | B |
| To Death's salt shore | A |
| - | |
| Where are the love and the grace | C |
| The bridegroom is thirsty and cold | D |
| The bride's skull sharpens her face | C |
| But the coachman is driving jubilant bold | D |
| The devil's pace | C |
| - | |
| The horses shivered and shook | E |
| Waiting gaunt and haggard | F |
| With sorry and evil look | E |
| But swift as a drunken wind they staggered | F |
| 'Longst Lethe brook | E |
| - | |
| Long since they ran no more | A |
| Heavily pulling they died | B |
| On the sand of the hopeless shore | A |
| Where never swelled or sank a tide | B |
| And the salt burns sore | A |
| - | |
| Flat their skeletons lie | G |
| White shadows on shining sand | H |
| The crusted reins go high | G |
| To the crumbling coachman's bony hand | H |
| On his knees awry | G |
| - | |
| Side by side jarring no more | A |
| Day and night side by side | B |
| Each by a doorless door | A |
| Motionless sit the bridegroom and bride | B |
| On the Dead Sea shore | A |
George Macdonald
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