On A Picture Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF| As a forlorn soul waiting by the Styx | A |
| Dimly expectant of lands yet more dim | B |
| Might peer afraid where shadows change and mix | A |
| Till the dark ferryman shall come for him | B |
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| And past all hope a long ray in his sight | C |
| Fall'n trickling down the steep crag Hades black | D |
| Reveals an upward path to life and light | C |
| Nor any let but he should mount that track | D |
| - | |
| As with the sudden shock of joy amazed | E |
| He might a motionless sweet moment stand | F |
| So doth that mortal lover silent dazed | E |
| For hope had died and loss was near at hand | F |
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| 'Wilt thou ' his quest Unready but for 'Nay ' | - |
| He stands at fault for joy she whispering 'Ay ' | - |
Jean Ingelow
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