Tombstones In The Starlight Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBC D EFEF G HIHI G GJGJ K GFGL M NONO| I The Minor Poet | A |
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| His little trills and chirpings were his best | B |
| No music like the nightingale's was born | C |
| Within his throat but he too laid his breast | B |
| Upon a thorn | C |
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| II The Pretty Lady | D |
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| She hated bleak and wintry things alone | E |
| All that was warm and quick she loved too well | F |
| A light a flame a heart against her own | E |
| It is forever bitter cold in Hell | F |
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| III The Very Rich Man | G |
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| He'd have the best and that was none too good | H |
| No barrier could hold before his terms | I |
| He lies below correct in cypress wood | H |
| And entertains the most exclusive worms | I |
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| IV The Fisherwoman | G |
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| The man she had was kind and clean | G |
| And well enough for every day | J |
| But oh dear friends you should have seen | G |
| The one that got away | J |
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| V The Crusader | K |
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| Arrived in Heaven when his sands were run | G |
| He seized a quill and sat him down to tell | F |
| The local press that something should be done | G |
| About that noisy nuisance Gabriel | L |
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| Vl The Actress | M |
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| Her name cut clear upon this marble cross | N |
| Shines as it shone when she was still on earth | O |
| While tenderly the mild agreeable moss | N |
| Obscures the figures of her date of birth | O |
Dorothy Parker
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