They Cannot See The Wreaths We Place Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDD EFEFGG HIHIJJ| They cannot see the wreaths we place | A |
| Upon the silent bier | B |
| They cannot see the tear stained face | A |
| Nor feel the scalding tear | C |
| And now can flowers or graven stone | D |
| For wrongs done them in life atone | D |
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| Better the flower that smooths the thorns | E |
| On earthly pathway found | F |
| Than that which uselessly adorns | E |
| The bier or silent mound | F |
| And neither tear nor floral token | G |
| Retracts the hasty word when spoken | G |
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| Then strew the flowers ere life has fled | H |
| While yet their eyes discern | I |
| Why waste their fragrance on the dead | H |
| Who no fond smile return | I |
| The heaving breast with sorrow aches | J |
| Comfort the throbbing heart which breaks | J |
Alfred Castner King
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