A 'mass' Meeting Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFEF GHGH ICIC EEE JKJ| It was a solemn rite as e'er | A |
| Was seen by mortal man | B |
| The celebrants the people there | C |
| Were all Republican | D |
| - | |
| There Estee bent his grizzled head | E |
| And General Dimond too | F |
| And one 'twas Reddick some one said | E |
| Though no one clearly knew | F |
| - | |
| I saw the priest white robed and tall | G |
| Assistant Father Stow | H |
| He was the pious man men call | G |
| Dan Burns of Mexico | H |
| - | |
| Ah 'twas a high and holy rite | I |
| As any one could swear | C |
| 'What does it mean ' I asked a wight | I |
| Who knelt apart in prayer | C |
| - | |
| 'A mass for the repose ' he said | E |
| 'Of Colonel Markham's' 'What | E |
| Is gallant Colonel Markham dead | E |
| 'Tis sad 'tis sad God wot ' | - |
| - | |
| 'A mass' repeated he and rose | J |
| To go and kneel among | K |
| The worshipers 'for the repose | J |
| Of Colonel Markham's tongue ' | - |
Ambrose Bierce
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