On The Death Of A Lady Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAC DEFE GCGC CHCH IIIJ K| Thy home seemed not of earth so blest | A |
| But there has fall'n a shaft of fate | B |
| The dove is stricken and the nest | A |
| She warmed and cheered is desolate | C |
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| But fairest not for thee we mourn | D |
| Blest from thy birth thou still art so | E |
| The tear must dew thine early urn | F |
| For him whom thou hast taught to know | E |
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| The zest of joys complete as knows | G |
| Thy vital flame the pang that tost | C |
| And changed thee past where now it glows | G |
| Knowing yet feeling all is lost | C |
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| There is a flower of tender white | C |
| And on its spotless bosom play | H |
| The moon's soft beams one lovely night | C |
| But when appears the morning ray | H |
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| 'Tis shut and withered even now | I |
| Around your lime I see it wave FN | I |
| 'Tis pure and fresh and fair as thou | I |
| And sinks in beauty to its grave | J |
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| FN The white convolvulus it blossoms just after sun set and is seen in great abundance entwining the lime hedges about the plantations of Cuba | K |
Maria Gowen Brooks
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