Requiescat Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH| Strew on her roses roses | A |
| And never a spray of yew | B |
| In quiet she reposes | A |
| Ah would that I did too | B |
| - | |
| Her mirth the world required | C |
| She bathed it in smiles of glee | D |
| But her heart was tired tired | C |
| And now they let her be | D |
| - | |
| Her life was turning turning | E |
| In mazes of heat and sound | F |
| But for peace her soul was yearning | E |
| And now peace laps her round | F |
| - | |
| Her cabined ample spirit | G |
| It fluttered and failed for breath | H |
| Tonight it doth inherit | G |
| The vasty hall of death | H |
Matthew Arnold
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