A Maid Who Died Old Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABAB CDCDCD EFEFEG HIHIHI| Frail shrunken face so pinched and worn | A |
| That life has carved with care and doubt | B |
| So weary waiting night and morn | A |
| For that which never came about | B |
| Pale lamp so utterly forlorn | A |
| In which God's light at last is out | B |
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| Gray hair that lies so thin and prim | C |
| On either side the sunken brows | D |
| And soldered eyes so deep and dim | C |
| No word of man could now arouse | D |
| And hollow hands so virgin slim | C |
| Forever clasped in silent vows | D |
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| Poor breasts that God designed for love | E |
| For baby lips to kiss and press | F |
| That never felt yet dreamed thereof | E |
| The human touch the child caress | F |
| That lie like shriveled blooms above | E |
| The heart's long perished happiness | G |
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| O withered body Nature gave | H |
| For purposes of death and birth | I |
| That never knew and could but crave | H |
| Those things perhaps that make life worth | I |
| Rest now alas within the grave | H |
| Sad shell that served no end on Earth | I |
Madison Julius Cawein
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