The Rival Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDED FGFH| I so loved once when Death came by I hid | A |
| Away my face | B |
| And all my sweetheart's tresses she undid | A |
| To make my hiding place | B |
| - | |
| The dread shade passed me thus unheeding and | C |
| I turned me then | D |
| To calm my love kiss down her shielding hand | E |
| And comfort her again | D |
| - | |
| And lo she answered not and she did sit | F |
| All fixedly | G |
| With her fair face and the sweet smile of it | F |
| In love with Death not me | H |
James Whitcomb Riley
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