The Wise Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAA BBB CCC DDD| Dead men are wisest for they know | A |
| How far the roots of flowers go | A |
| How long a seed must rot to grow | A |
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| Dead men alone bear frost and rain | B |
| On throbless heart and heatless brain | B |
| And feel no stir of joy or pain | B |
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| Dead men alone are satiate | C |
| They sleep and dream and have no weight | C |
| To curb their rest of love or hate | C |
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| Strange men should flee their company | D |
| Or think me strange who long to be | D |
| Wrapped in their cool immunity | D |
Countee Cullen
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