Silence, Not Death Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFG HIJI KLML MNAN OPOQ KOOO ORHR| I START I have slept for a moment | A |
| I have dreamt sitting here by her chair | B |
| Oh how lonely What was it that touched me | C |
| What presence what heaven sent air | B |
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| It was nothing you say But I tremble | D |
| I heard her I knew she was near | E |
| Felt her breath felt her cheek on my forehead | F |
| Awake or asleep she was here | G |
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| It was nothing a dream Strike that harp string | H |
| Again still again till it cries | I |
| In its uttermost treble still strike it | J |
| Ha vibrant but silent It dies | I |
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| It dies just as she died Go listen | K |
| That highest vibration is dumb | L |
| Your sense friend too soon finds a limit | M |
| And answer when mysteries come | L |
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| Truth speaks in the senseless the spirit | M |
| But here in this palpable part | N |
| We sound the low notes but are silent | A |
| To music sublimed in the heart | N |
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| Too few and too gross our dull senses | O |
| And clogged with the mire of the road | P |
| Till we loathe their coarse bondage as seabirds | O |
| Encaged on a cliff look abroad | Q |
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| On the ocean and limitless heaven | K |
| Alight with the beautiful stars | O |
| And hear what they say not the creakings | O |
| That rise from our sensual bars | O |
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| O life let me dream let her presence | O |
| Be near me her fragrance her breath | R |
| Let me sleep if in slumber the seeking | H |
| Sleep on if the finding be death | R |
John Boyle O'reilly
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