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Of Her Who Died Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABAABB CDCEDD FGFFGH IJIIJJ KLKKLL MNMMON KKKKKK

We look up to the stars tonightA
Idolatrous of themB
And dream that Heaven is in sightA
And each a ray of purest lightA
From some celestial gemB
In her bright diademB
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Before that lonely home we waitC
Ah nevermore to seeD
Her lovely form within the gateC
Where heart and hearthstone desolateE
And vine and shrub and treeD
Seem asking Where is sheD
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There is the cottage Love had plannedF
Where hope in ashes liesG
A tower beautiful to standF
Her monument whose gentle handF
And presence in the skiesG
Make home of ParadiseH
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In wintry bleakness nature glowsI
Beneath the stellar rayJ
We see the mold but not the roseI
And meditate if knowledge goesI
Into yon mound of clayJ
With her who passed awayJ
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Of sighs and tears and joys deniedK
Do echoes reach up thereL
Do seraphs know God does how wideK
And deep is sorrow's bitter tideK
Of dolor and despairL
And darkness everywhereL
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Dear angel snatched from our caressM
So suddenly withdrawnN
Alone are we and comfortlessM
As in a dome of emptinessM
The old routine goes onO
Aimless since thou art goneN
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Oh dearer unto us than aughtK
In all the world besideK
Of thee to cherish blessed thoughtK
So early thy sweet mission wroughtK
As friend as promised brideK
Who lived and loved and diedK

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