Shall Our Memories Live When The Sod Rolls Above Us? Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF CGCG| Shall our memories live when the sod rolls above us | A |
| And marks our last home with a mouldering heap | B |
| Shall the voices of those who profess that they love us | A |
| E'er mention our names as we dreamlessly sleep | B |
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| Will their eyes ever dim at some fond recollection | C |
| Or their hands ever plant a small flower o'er the breast | D |
| Or will they gaze with a sad circumspection | C |
| At the tablets which tell of our last solemn rest | D |
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| Ah soon shall the hearts which our memories cherish | E |
| Forget as they strive with the cares of their own | F |
| And even the last dim remembrance shall perish | E |
| As we peacefully slumber unwept and unknown | F |
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| But if our lives though of transient duration | C |
| Are filled with some work in humanity's name | G |
| Some uplifting effort or self immolation | C |
| Our memories shall live in the temples of Fame | G |
Alfred Castner King
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