Eurydice. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBA CDEC EFGE EEEE HIIH EJKE LMML NEEN EMME KOOK PEEP EQQE ERSE TUUT EEEE| Oh come Eurydice | A |
| The Stygian deeps are past | B |
| Well nigh the light dawns fast | B |
| Oh come Eurydice | A |
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| The gods have heard my song | C |
| My love's despairing cry | D |
| Filled hell with melody | E |
| And the gods heard my song | C |
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| I knew no life but thee | E |
| Persephone was moved | F |
| She too hath lived hath loved | G |
| She saw I lived for thee | E |
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| I may not look on thee | E |
| Such was the gods' decree | E |
| Till sun and earth we see | E |
| No kiss no smile for thee | E |
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| The way is rough is hard | H |
| I cannot hear thy feet | I |
| Swift following speak my Sweet | I |
| Is the way rough and hard | H |
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| Oh come Eurydice | E |
| I turn our woe is o'er | J |
| I will not lose thee more | K |
| I cry Eurydice | E |
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| O father Hermes help | L |
| I see her fade away | M |
| Back from the dawning ray | M |
| Dear Father Hermes help | L |
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| One swift look all is lost | N |
| Wild heaven arousing cries | E |
| Pierce to the dull dead skies | E |
| My heaven my all is lost | N |
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| The unrelenting gods | E |
| Refuse me No say they | M |
| Thy chance is thrown away | M |
| Fierce unrelenting gods | E |
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| The sky is blue no more | K |
| The spring tide airs are bleak | O |
| I find not her I seek | O |
| The earth is fair no more | K |
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| I loathe all earth all life | P |
| These Thracian women gaze | E |
| And whispering go their ways | E |
| Seeing I loathe my life | P |
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| Only my song remains | E |
| I may not cease to sing | Q |
| Though hot tears start and sting | Q |
| The song that still remains | E |
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| Even Come Eurydice | E |
| The sea rolls on in pain | R |
| Echoing the note again | S |
| Lost lost Eurydice | E |
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| And still the sea moves on | T |
| The woods give back the thrill | U |
| Eurydice and still | U |
| The quiet sea moves on | T |
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| The years Eurydice | E |
| The long unquiet years | E |
| Heed not or sighs or tears | E |
| Oh Heart Eurydice | E |
Sophie M. (almon) Hensley
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