Eternal Friendship Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEGHIJI KLKLMNMN IOIOABAB| Who once has had a friend has found | A |
| The link 'twixt mortal and divine | B |
| Though now he sleeps in hallowed ground | A |
| He lives in memory's sacred shrine | B |
| And there he freely moves about | C |
| A spirit that has quit the clay | D |
| And in the times of stress and doubt | C |
| Sustains his friend throughout the day | D |
| - | |
| No friend we love can ever die | E |
| The outward form but disappears | F |
| I know that all my friends are nigh | E |
| Whenever I am moved to tears | G |
| And when my strength and hope are gone | H |
| The friends no more that once I knew | I |
| Return to cheer and urge me on | J |
| Just as they always used to do | I |
| - | |
| They whisper to me in the dark | K |
| Kind words of counsel and of cheer | L |
| When hope has flickered to a spark | K |
| I feel their gentle spirits near | L |
| And Oh because of them I strive | M |
| With all the strength that I can call | N |
| To keep their friendship still alive | M |
| And to be worthy of them all | N |
| - | |
| Death does not end our friendships true | I |
| We all are debtors to the dead | O |
| There wait on everything we do | I |
| The splendid souls who've gone ahead | O |
| To them I hold that we are bound | A |
| By double pledges to be fine | B |
| Who once has had a friend has found | A |
| The link 'twixt mortal and divine | B |
Edgar Albert Guest
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