A Suttee Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJIJ JKJK LMAM NONO| GATHER her raven hair in one rich cluster | A |
| Let the white champac light it as a star | B |
| Gives to the dusky night a sudden lustre | A |
| Shining afar | B |
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| Shed fragrant oils upon her fragrant bosom | C |
| Until the breathing air around grows sweet | D |
| Scatter the languid jasmine's yellow blossom | C |
| Beneath her feet | D |
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| Those small white feet are bare too soft are they | E |
| To tread on aught but flowers and there is roll'd | F |
| Round the slight ankle meet for such display | E |
| The band of gold | F |
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| Chains and bright stones are on her arms and neck | G |
| What pleasant vanities are linked with them | H |
| Of happy hours which youth delights to deck | G |
| With gold and gem | H |
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| She comes So comes the Moon when she has found | I |
| A silvery path wherein thro' heaven to glide | J |
| Fling the white veil a summer cloud around | I |
| She is a bride | J |
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| And yet the crowd that gather at her side | J |
| Are pale and every gazer holds his breath | K |
| Eyes fill with tears unbidden for the bride | J |
| The bride of Death | K |
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| She gives away the garland from her hair | L |
| She gives the gems that she will wear no more | M |
| All the affections whose love signs they were | A |
| Are gone before | M |
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| The red pile blazes let the bride ascend | N |
| And lay her head upon her husband's heart | O |
| Now in a perfect unison to blend | N |
| No more to part | O |
Letitia Elizabeth Landon
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