The Letter Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBC DEDE FGFH IAIA| EDWARD ROWLAND SILL DIED FEBRUARY | A |
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| I held his letter in my hand | B |
| And even while I read | C |
| The lightning flashed across the land | B |
| The word that he was dead | C |
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| How strange it seemed His living voice | D |
| Was speaking from the page | E |
| Those courteous phrases tersely choice | D |
| Light hearted witty sage | E |
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| I wondered what it was that died | F |
| The man himself was here | G |
| His modesty his scholar's pride | F |
| His soul serene and clear | H |
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| These neither death nor time shall dim | I |
| Still this sad thing must be | A |
| Henceforth I may not speak to him | I |
| Though he can speak to me | A |
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
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