I Dug Beneath The Cypress Shade Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEFI dug beneath the cypress shade | A |
What well might seem an elfin's grave | B |
And every pledge in earth I laid | A |
That erst thy false affection gave | B |
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I pressed them down the sod beneath | C |
I placed one mossy stone above | D |
And twined the rose's fading wreath | C |
Around the sepulchre of love | D |
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Frail as thy love the flowers were dead | E |
Ere yet the evening sun was set | F |
But years shall see the cypress spread | E |
Immutable as my regret | F |
Thomas Love Peacock
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