Death Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCACDEFF AGHGHBBFF| I | A |
| They die the dead return not Misery | B |
| Sits near an open grave and calls them over | C |
| A Youth with hoary hair and haggard eye | A |
| They are the names of kindred friend and lover | C |
| Which he so feebly calls they all are gone | D |
| Fond wretch all dead those vacant names alone | E |
| This most familiar scene my pain | F |
| These tombs alone remain | F |
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| II | A |
| Misery my sweetest friend oh weep no more | G |
| Thou wilt not be consoled I wonder not | H |
| For I have seen thee from thy dwelling s door | G |
| Watch the calm sunset with them and this spot | H |
| Was even as bright and calm but transitory | B |
| And now thy hopes are gone thy hair is hoary | B |
| This most familiar scene my pain | F |
| These tombs alone remain | F |
Percy Bysshe Shelley
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