Epiphany: (for Dora, 1918) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IBIB| She carried frankincense and gold | A |
| When the Star guided her | B |
| And in her folded hands so cold | A |
| She carried myrrh | B |
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| Frankincense for the praise she owed | C |
| Gold for her gift was meet | D |
| But myrrh because so oft her road | C |
| Was bitter sweet | D |
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| Lay her tired body in that earth | E |
| Was holy to her mind | F |
| But the bird soul flies in high mirth | E |
| Borne on the wind | F |
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| It tosses in the Irish skies | G |
| Awhile so small and white | H |
| Ere it is gone swiftly it flies | G |
| Into the light | H |
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| She has gone in with the Three Kings | I |
| In silk and miniver | B |
| The gold the frankincense she brings | I |
| The sharp sweet myrrh | B |
Katharine Tynan
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