The Hearse-horse Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBCCDC ABBAADA ABBEEDE| Said the hearse horse to the coffin | A |
| What the devil have you there | B |
| I may trot from court to square | B |
| Yet it neither swears nor groans | C |
| When I jolt it over stones | C |
| Said the coffin to the hearse horse | D |
| Bones | C |
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| Said the hearse horse to the coffin | A |
| What the devil have you there | B |
| With that purple frozen stare | B |
| Where the devil has it been | A |
| To get that shadow grin | A |
| Said the coffin to the hearse horse | D |
| Skin | A |
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| Said the hearse horse to the coffin | A |
| What the devil have you there | B |
| It has fingers it has hair | B |
| Yet it neither kicks nor squirms | E |
| At the undertaker's terms | E |
| Said the coffin to the hearse horse | D |
| Worms | E |
Bliss Carman And Richard Hovey
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