In Memory Of Col. Charles Young Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH| Along the shore the tall thin grass | A |
| That fringes that dark river | B |
| While sinuously soft feet pass | A |
| Beings to bleed and quiver | B |
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| The great dark voice breaks with a sob | C |
| Across the womb of night | D |
| Above your grave the tom toms throb | C |
| And the hills are weird with light | D |
| - | |
| The great dark beast is like a well | E |
| Drained bitter by the sky | F |
| And all the honeyed lies they tell | E |
| Come there to thirst and die | F |
| - | |
| No lie is strong enough to kill | G |
| The roots that work below | H |
| From your rich dust and slaughtered will | G |
| A tree with tongues shall grow | H |
Countee Cullen
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