The Dagger Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFEF GHIJ KLKL| I like you well O trusty dagger mine | A |
| My comrade wrought of cool Damascus steel | B |
| Forged were you by the Georgian with revenge in the mind | C |
| By the Circassian free for war were you made keen | D |
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| A lily white hand it was gave you to me | E |
| You were affection's keepsake its last gift | F |
| Not blood but pearl like tears born of the agony | E |
| Of bitter parting down your blade ran swift | F |
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| Her dark eyes rested full of secret pain | G |
| Of sadness and of mystery upon | H |
| My face and like yourself when lit by flickering flame | I |
| Now clouded and turned dull now glowed and shone | J |
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| O dagger love's mute pledge you will my true | K |
| Friend stay and an example set to me a wanderer | L |
| For faithful yes and firm of soul like you | K |
| I'll be like you that tempered was by fire | L |
Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov
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