The Dying Statesman Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEDE FGFG HIH JKJ LMLM| It is a politician man | A |
| He draweth near his end | B |
| And friends weep round that partisan | C |
| Of every man the friend | B |
| - | |
| Between the Known and the Unknown | D |
| He lieth on the strand | E |
| The light upon the sea is thrown | D |
| That lay upon the land | E |
| - | |
| It shineth in his glazing eye | F |
| It burneth on his face | G |
| God send that when we come to die | F |
| We know that sign of grace | G |
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| Upon his lips his blessed sprite | H |
| Poiseth her joyous wing | I |
| 'How is it with thee child of light | H |
| Dost hear the angels sing ' | - |
| - | |
| 'The song I hear the crown I see | J |
| And know that God is love | K |
| Farewell dark world I go to be | J |
| A postmaster above ' | - |
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| For him no monumental arch | L |
| But O 'tis good and brave | M |
| To see the Grand Old Party march | L |
| To office o'er his grave | M |
Ambrose Bierce
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