The Death-bed.[1] Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHIH JFJFWe watch'd her breathing through the night | A |
Her breathing soft and low | B |
As in her breast the wave of life | C |
Kept heaving to and fro | B |
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So silently we seem'd to speak | D |
So slowly moved about | E |
As we had lent her half our powers | F |
To eke her living out | E |
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Our very hopes belied our fears | G |
Our fears our hopes belied | H |
We thought her dying when she slept | I |
And sleeping when she died | H |
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For when the morn came dim and sad | J |
And chill with early showers | F |
Her quiet eyelids closed she had | J |
Another morn than ours | F |
Thomas Hood
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