In Memoriam Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCC DEDEFF GHGHII JKJKLL| Go heart of mine the way is long | A |
| The night is dark the place is far | B |
| Go kneel and pray or chant a song | A |
| Beside two graves where Mary's star | B |
| Shines o'er two children's hearts at rest | C |
| With Mary's medals on their breast | C |
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| Go heart those children loved you so | D |
| Their little lips prayed oft for you | E |
| But ah those necks are lying low | D |
| Round which you twined the badge of blue | E |
| Go to their graves this Virgin's feast | F |
| With poet's song and prayer of priest | F |
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| Go like a pilgrim to a shrine | G |
| For that is holy ground where sleep | H |
| Children of Mary and of thine | G |
| Go kneel and pray and sing and weep | H |
| Last summer how their faces smiled | I |
| When each was blessed as Mary's child | I |
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| My heart is gone I cannot sing | J |
| Beside those children's grave song dies | K |
| Hush Poet Priest Prayer hath a wing | J |
| To pass the stars and reach the skies | K |
| Sweet children from the land of light | L |
| Look down and bless my heart to night | L |
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