Easter Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGHGH IJIJKLK MNMNBDBD| OUT of the darkness and shadow of death | A |
| Out of the anguish that wells from the tomb | B |
| Into the splendor of spiritual breath | A |
| Now we have burst like a lily in bloom | B |
| Sweetened is sorrow and strengthened is hope | C |
| Death and the grave have been robbed of their sting | D |
| Doubting despairing no longer we grope | C |
| Man has been given the courage to sing | D |
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| Easter the birthday of hope and of peace | E |
| Easter the bulwark of all we believe | F |
| Lo all our waitings and sad meanings cease | E |
| Death has been shorn of its power to grieve | F |
| See now a mother her cheeks wan and white | G |
| Smilingly sinks into slumber most blest | H |
| Her soul unto Heaven is borne through the night | G |
| And she wakes in the morn with her babe at her breast | H |
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| Look from a newly made grave comes a man | I |
| Feeble and bowed by the struggles of life | J |
| 'She waits for my coming ' he says ' and the span | I |
| Is but short for me now to the side of my wife | J |
| Though I miss her I mourn not her going I know | K |
| That she is at rest and far happier there | L |
| And I wait but the summons when I am to go | K |
| To the valley of peace from the land of despair ' | - |
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| And this is the meaning of Easter's glad songs | M |
| And this is the reason that Easter is gay | N |
| 'He is risen ' we sing 'He has righted earth's wrongs | M |
| From the mouth of the tomb see the stone rolled away | N |
| Yes out of the darkness and gloom of the tomb | B |
| He has risen our Master our Lord and our King | D |
| And we view not life's end as a signal of doom | B |
| But the birth of new life and we've courage to sing | D |
Edgar Albert Guest
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