Esther, A Sonnet Sequence: I Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACBDBEFGHGII| When is life other than a tragedy | A |
| Whether it is played in tears from the first scene | B |
| In sable robes and grief's mute pageantry | A |
| For loves that died ere they had ever been | C |
| Or whether on the edge of joys set keen | B |
| While all the stage with laughter is agog | D |
| Death stepping forward with an altered mien | B |
| Pulls off his mask and speaks the epilogue | E |
| Life is a play acted by dying men | F |
| Where if its heroes seem to foot it well | G |
| And go light tongued without grimace of pain | H |
| Death will be found anon And who shall tell | G |
| Which part was saddest or in youth or age | I |
| When the tired actor stops and leaves the stage | I |
Wilfrid Scawen Blunt
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