The Wedding Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCCDDAAEEE F| O marriage bells your clamor tells | A |
| Two weddings in one breath | B |
| SHE marries whom her love compels | A |
| And I wed Goodman Death | B |
| My brain is blank my tears are red | C |
| Listen O God I will he said | C |
| And I would that I were dead | C |
| Come groomsman Grief and bridesmaid Pain | D |
| Come and stand with a ghastly twain | D |
| My Bridegroom Death is come o'er the meres | A |
| To wed a bride with bloody tears | A |
| Ring ring O bells full merrily | E |
| Life bells to her death bells to me | E |
| O Death I am true wife to thee | E |
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| Macon Georgia | F |
Sidney Lanier
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