The Dirge Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFGFH IJKLMKN IOPMQMR| Old winter was gone | A |
| In his weakness back to the mountains hoar | B |
| And the spring came down | C |
| From the planet that hovers upon the shore | B |
| - | |
| Where the sea of sunlight encroaches | D |
| On the limits of wintry night | E |
| If the land and the air and the sea | F |
| Rejoice not when spring approaches | G |
| We did not rejoice in thee | F |
| Ginevra | H |
| - | |
| She is still she is cold | I |
| On the bridal couch | J |
| One step to the white deathbed | K |
| And one to the bier | L |
| And one to the charnel and one oh where | M |
| The dark arrow fled | K |
| In the noon | N |
| - | |
| Ere the sun through heaven once more has rolled | I |
| The rats in her heart | O |
| Will have made their nest | P |
| And the worms be alive in her golden hair | M |
| While the Spirit that guides the sun | Q |
| Sits throned in his flaming chair | M |
| She shall sleep | R |
Percy Bysshe Shelley
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