A Picture Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDCE FGHG IJKJ BLBL MNMN OPOQ RNRN HSHT UVUV THTH WHWH XYZY A2JA2J HUHU B2WC2W KD2ID2| ' | A |
| The maiden is not dead but sleepeth | B |
| ' | A |
| She is not gone still in our sight | C |
| That dearest maid shall live | D |
| In form as true in tints as bright | C |
| As youth and health could give | E |
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| Still still is ours the modest eye | F |
| The smile unwrought by art | G |
| The glance that shot so piercingly | H |
| Affection's keenest dart | G |
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| The thrilling voice I ne'er could hear | I |
| But felt a joy and pain | J |
| A pride that she was ours a fear | K |
| Ours she might not remain | J |
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| Whether the page divine call'd forth | B |
| Its clear sweet tranquil tone | L |
| Or cheerful hymn or seemly mirth | B |
| In sprightlier measure shown | L |
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| The meek inquiry of that face | M |
| Musing on wonders found | N |
| As 'mid dim paths she sought to trace | M |
| The truth on sacred ground | N |
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| The thankful sigh that would arise | O |
| When aught her doubts removed | P |
| Full sure the explaining voice to prize | O |
| Admiring while she loved | Q |
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| The pensive brow the world might see | R |
| When she in crowds was found | N |
| The burst of heart the o'erflowing glee | R |
| When only friends were round | N |
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| Hope's warmth of promise prompt to fill | H |
| The thoughts with good in store | S |
| Match'd with content's deep stream which still | H |
| Flow'd on when hope was o'er | T |
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| That peace which with its own bright day | U |
| Made cheapest sights shine fair | V |
| That purest grace which track'd its way | U |
| Safe from aught earthly there | V |
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| Such was she in the sudden hour | T |
| That brought her Maker's call | H |
| Proving her heart's self mastering power | T |
| Blithely to part with all | H |
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| All her eye loved all her hand press'd | W |
| With keen affection's glow | H |
| The voice of home all pleasures best | W |
| All dearest thoughts below | H |
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| From friend lit hearth from social board | X |
| All duteously she rose | Y |
| For faith upon the Master's word | Z |
| Can find a sure repose | Y |
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| And in her wonder up she sped | A2 |
| And tried relief in vain | J |
| Then laid her down upon her bed | A2 |
| Of languor and of pain | J |
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| And waited till the solemn spell | H |
| A ling'ring night and day | U |
| Should fill its numbers and compel | H |
| Her soul to come away | U |
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| Such was she then and such she is | B2 |
| Shrined in each mourner's breast | W |
| Such shall she be and more than this | C2 |
| In promised glory blest | W |
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| When in due lines her Saviour dear | K |
| His scatter'd saints shall range | D2 |
| And knit in love souls parted here | I |
| Where cloud is none nor change | D2 |
John Henry Newman
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