The Dead Hand Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GBGB HIHI JKJK JLJL FMNM| The witch lady walked along the strand | A |
| Heard a roaring of the sea | B |
| On the edge of a pool saw a dead man's hand | A |
| Good thing for a witch lady | B |
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| Lightly she stepped across the rocks | C |
| Came where the dead man lay | D |
| Now pretty maid with your merry mocks | C |
| Now I shall have my way | D |
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| On a finger shone a sapphire blue | E |
| In the heart of six rubies red | F |
| Come back to me my promise true | E |
| Come back my ring she said | F |
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| She took the dead hand in the live | G |
| And at the ring drew she | B |
| The dead hand closed its fingers five | G |
| And it held the witch lady | B |
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| She swore the storm was not her deed | H |
| Dark spells she backward spoke | I |
| If the dead man heard he took no heed | H |
| But held like a cloven oak | I |
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| Deathly cold crept up the tide | J |
| Sure of her made no haste | K |
| Crept up to her knees crept up each side | J |
| Crept up to her wicked waist | K |
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| Over the blue sea sailed the bride | J |
| In her love's own sailing ship | L |
| And the witch she saw them across the tide | J |
| As it rose to her lying lip | L |
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| Oh the heart of the dead and the hand of the dead | F |
| Are strong hasps they to hold | M |
| Fled the true dove with the kite's new love | N |
| And left the false kite with the old | M |
George Macdonald
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