Epitaphs Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCCDEFFGGHIJJGG A BBKKGGLLIIM| Her Mother's Epitaph | A |
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| Here lies | B |
| A worthy matron of unspotted life | C |
| A loving mother and obedient wife | C |
| A friendly neighbor pitiful to poor | D |
| Whom oft she fed and clothed with her store | E |
| To servants wisely aweful but yet kind | F |
| And as they did so they reward did find | F |
| A true instructor of her family | G |
| The which she ordered with dexterity | G |
| The public meetings ever did frequent | H |
| And in her closest constant hours she spent | I |
| Religious in all her words and ways | J |
| Preparing still for death till end of days | J |
| Of all her children children lived to see | G |
| Then dying left a blessed memory | G |
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| Her Father's Epitaph | A |
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| Within this tomb a patriot lies | B |
| That was both pious just and wise | B |
| To truth a shield to right a wall | K |
| To sectaries a whip and maul | K |
| A magazine of history | G |
| A prizer of good company | G |
| In manners pleasant and severe | L |
| The good him loved the bad did fear | L |
| And when his time with years was spent | I |
| In some rejoiced more did lament | I |
| age | M |
Anne Bradstreet
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