Memorial Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJIJ KLKL| Your body was a sacred cell always | A |
| A jewel that grew dull in garish light | B |
| An opal which beneath my wondering gaze | A |
| Gleamed rarely softly throbbing in the night | B |
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| I touched your flesh with reverential hands | C |
| For you were sweet and timid like a flower | D |
| That blossoms out of barren tropic sands | C |
| Shedding its perfume in one golden hour | D |
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| You yielded to my touch with gentle grace | E |
| And though my passion was a mighty wave | F |
| That buried you beneath its strong embrace | E |
| You were yet happy in the moment's grave | F |
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| Still more than passion consummate to me | G |
| More than the nuptials immemorial sung | H |
| Was the warm thrill that melted me to see | G |
| Your clean brown body beautiful and young | H |
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| The joy in your maturity at length | I |
| The peace that filled my soul like cooling wine | J |
| When you responded to my tender strength | I |
| And pressed your heart exulting into mine | J |
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| How shall I with such memories of you | K |
| In coarser forms of love fruition find | L |
| No I would rather like a ghost pursue | K |
| The fairy phantoms of my lonely mind | L |
Claude Mckay
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