To Alcithoë Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC BDDBE FFGGHH| IN your dim Greece of old Alcitho | A |
| Death like a lover sought and crowned you young | B |
| Between the olive orchards and the sea | C |
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| When they had twined your myrtle buds and hung | B |
| The stately cypress at your door they said | D |
| 'Alcitho is dead | D |
| Before whose feet the flaming crocus sprung | B |
| For whom the red rose opened ere the prime | E |
| Those the gods love are taken before their time ' | - |
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| Ah why did no one watching you alone | F |
| Snare your dead beauty in undying stone | F |
| The gold hair bound beneath its golden band | G |
| The milk white poppies closed within your hand | G |
| That the harsh world a little space might keep | H |
| The last still exquisite vision of your sleep | H |
Marjorie Lowry Christie Pickthall
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