His Immortality Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCC A DDEE A FFGG HHII| I | A |
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| nbsp nbsp nbsp I saw a dead man's finer part | B |
| Shining within each faithful heart | B |
| Of those bereft Then said I This must be | C |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp His immortality | C |
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| II | A |
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| nbsp nbsp nbsp I looked there as the seasons wore | D |
| And still his soul continuously upbore | D |
| Its life in theirs But less its shine excelled | E |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Than when I first beheld | E |
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| III | A |
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| nbsp nbsp nbsp His fellow yearsmen passed and then | F |
| In later hearts I looked for him again | F |
| And found him shrunk alas into a thin | G |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp And spectral mannikin | G |
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| IV | - |
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| nbsp nbsp nbsp Lastly I ask now old and chill | H |
| If aught of him remain unperished still | H |
| And find in me alone a feeble spark | I |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Dying amid the dark | I |
Thomas Hardy
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