Departed Friends Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEFFGGDD| The dead friends live and always will | A |
| Their presence hovers round us still | A |
| It seems to me they come to share | B |
| Each joy or sorrow that we bear | B |
| Among the living I can feel | C |
| The sweet departed spirits steal | C |
| And whether it be weal or woe | D |
| I walk with those I used to know | D |
| I can recall them to my side | E |
| Whenever I am struggle tried | E |
| I've but to wish for them and they | F |
| Come trooping gayly down the way | F |
| And I can tell to them my grief | G |
| And from their presence find relief | G |
| In sacred memories below | D |
| Still live the friends of long ago | D |
Edgar Albert Guest
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