He Wishes His Beloved Were Dead Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCADCEFDEF| Were you but lying cold and dead | A |
| And lights were paling out of the West | B |
| You would come hither and bend your head | A |
| And I would lay my head on your breast | B |
| And you would murmur tender words | C |
| Forgiving me because you were dead | A |
| Nor would you rise and hasten away | D |
| Though you have the will of the wild birds | C |
| But know your hair was bound and wound | E |
| About the stars and moon and sun | F |
| O would beloved that you lay | D |
| Under the dock leaves in the ground | E |
| While lights were paling one by one | F |
William Butler Yeats
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