Andre's Request. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCCC DEDEFGFG HIJIKAKA| It is not the fear of death | A |
| That damps my brow | B |
| It is not for another breath | A |
| I ask thee now | B |
| I can die with a lip unstirr'd | C |
| And a quiet heart | C |
| Let but this prayer be heard | C |
| Ere I depart | C |
| - | |
| I can give up my mother's look | D |
| My sister's kiss | E |
| I can think of love yet brook | D |
| A death like this | E |
| I can give up the young fame | F |
| I burn'd to win | G |
| All but the spotless name | F |
| I glory in | G |
| - | |
| Thine is the power to give | H |
| Thine to deny | I |
| Joy for the hour I live | J |
| Calmness to die | I |
| By all the brave should cherish | K |
| By my dying breath | A |
| I ask that I may perish | K |
| With a soldier's death | A |
Nathaniel Parker Willis
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