A Dirge Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCDBDD AEFGDEDD AHIIDHDD DIEEDEDD EJKKDJDD DLEEDLDD DEMMDEDDI | A |
Now is done thy long day's work | B |
Fold thy palms across thy breast | C |
Fold thine arms turn to thy rest | C |
Let them rave | D |
Shadows of the silver birk | B |
Sweep the green that folds thy grave | D |
Let them rave | D |
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II | A |
Thee nor carketh care nor slander | E |
Nothing but the small cold worm | F |
Fretteth thine enshrouded form | G |
Let them rave | D |
Light and shadow ever wander | E |
O'er the green that folds thy grave | D |
Let them rave | D |
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III | A |
Thou wilt not turn upon thy bed | H |
Chaunteth not the brooding bee | I |
Sweeter tones than calumny | I |
Let them rave | D |
Thou wilt never raise thine head | H |
From the green that folds thy grave | D |
Let them rave | D |
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IV | D |
Crocodiles wept tears for thee | I |
The woodbine and eglatere | E |
Drip sweeter dews than traitor's tear | E |
Let them rave | D |
Rain makes music in the tree | E |
O'er the green that folds thy grave | D |
Let them rave | D |
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V | E |
Round thee blow self pleached deep | J |
Bramble roses faint and pale | K |
And long purples of the dale | K |
Let them rave | D |
These in every shower creep | J |
Thro' the green that folds thy grave | D |
Let them rave | D |
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VI | D |
The gold eyed kingcups fine | L |
The frail bluebell peereth over | E |
Rare broidry of the purple clover | E |
Let them rave | D |
Kings have no such couch as thine | L |
As the green that folds thy grave | D |
Let them rave | D |
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VII | D |
Wild words wander here and there | E |
God's great gift of speech abused | M |
Makes thy memory confused | M |
But let them rave | D |
The balm cricket carols clear | E |
In the green that folds thy grave | D |
Let them rave | D |
Alfred Lord Tennyson
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