Bluebeard-s First Wife Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB BCBC CDCD DEDE EFEF FGFG GHGH HIHI IJIJ JAJA| I lie by the garden wall | A |
| Buried and all alone | B |
| The brown camellias fall | A |
| One by one on the stone | B |
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| Buried and all alone | B |
| Because I had loved the sky | C |
| One by one on the stone | B |
| The blossoms shudder and die | C |
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| Because I had loved the sky | C |
| The dark blue face of the sea | D |
| The blossoms shudder and die | C |
| He murdered me at his knee | D |
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| The dark blue face of the sea | D |
| Nothing so dark as the tomb | E |
| He murdered me at his knee | D |
| I knew the truth of the room | E |
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| Nothing so dark as the tomb | E |
| For the vile revenge of the vain | F |
| I knew the truth of the room | E |
| And the price of his hidden stain | F |
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| For the vile revenge of the vain | F |
| I suffered the knife at my skin | G |
| And the price of his hidden stain | F |
| Was two and eleven a tin | G |
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| I suffered the knife at my skin | G |
| I knew the dye that he used | H |
| Was two and eleven a tin | G |
| I confess I was somewhat amused | H |
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| I knew the dye that he used | H |
| I heard the stitch of my shroud | I |
| I confess I was somewhat amused | H |
| At the fury that burst like a cloud | I |
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| I heard the stitch of my shroud | I |
| And all of the world disappeared | J |
| At the fury that burst like a cloud | I |
| From the heaven s blue of his beard | J |
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| And all of the world disappeared | J |
| I lie by the garden wall | A |
| From the heaven s blue of his beard | J |
| The brown camellias fall | A |
Leon Gellert
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