Embalmed Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBC DEFE GHAH BCIC JKGK ELML MEBE ENBO| This is the street and the dwelling | A |
| Let me count the houses o'er | B |
| Yes one two three from the corner | B |
| And the house that I love makes four | C |
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| That is the very window | D |
| Where I used to see her head | E |
| Bent over book or needle | F |
| With ivy garlanded | E |
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| And the very loop of the curtain | G |
| And the very curve of the vine | H |
| Were full of the grace and the meaning | A |
| Which was hers by some right divine | H |
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| I began to be glad at the corner | B |
| And all the way to the door | C |
| My heart outran my footsteps | I |
| And frolicked and danced before | C |
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| In haste for the words of welcome | J |
| The voice the repose and grace | K |
| And the smile like a benediction | G |
| Of that beautiful vanished face | K |
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| Now I pass the door and I pause not | E |
| And I look the other way | L |
| But ever a waft of fragrance | M |
| Too subtle to name or stay | L |
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| Comes the thought of the gracious presence | M |
| Which made that past time sweet | E |
| And still to those who remember | B |
| Embalms the house and the street | E |
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| Like the breath from some vase now empty | E |
| Of a flowery shape unseen | N |
| Which follows the path of its lover | B |
| To tell where a rose has been | O |
Susan Coolidge (sarah Chauncey Woolsey)
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