Eurydice Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCC DA AEFGB HCAIJ KLM KKH| Why did you turn back | A |
| that hell should be reinhabited | B |
| of myself thus | C |
| swept into nothingness | C |
| - | |
| Why did you turn | D |
| why did you glance back | A |
| - | |
| So you have swept me back | A |
| I who could have walked with the live souls | E |
| above the earth | F |
| I who could have slept among the live flowers | G |
| at last | B |
| - | |
| so for your arrogance | H |
| and your ruthlessness | C |
| I am swept back | A |
| where dead lichens drip | I |
| dead cinders among moss of ash | J |
| - | |
| What was it that crossed my face | K |
| with the light from yours | L |
| and your glance | M |
| - | |
| What was it you saw in my face | K |
| the light of your own face | K |
| the fire of your own presence | H |
H. D.
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