A Dead Lily. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BB A CC A DD EE FF GG| I | A |
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| The South had saluted her mouth | B |
| Till her mouth was sweet with the South | B |
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| II | A |
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| And the North with his breathings low | C |
| Made the blood in her veins like his snow | C |
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| III | A |
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| And the West with his smiles and his art | D |
| Poured his honey of life in her heart | D |
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| IV | - |
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| And the East had in whisperings told | E |
| His secrets more precious than gold | E |
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| V | - |
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| So she grew to a beautiful thought | F |
| Which a godhead of love had wrought | F |
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| VI | - |
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| As strange how the power begot it | G |
| As why but to kill it and rot it | G |
Madison Julius Cawein
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