Sympathy Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABA CDCD EFE FGFG| t's all for the best ' said he | A |
| And I know that he sought my heart to reach | B |
| And I know that he grieved with me | A |
| - | |
| But I was too full of my sorrow then | C |
| To list to his words or care | D |
| Though I've tried I cannot recall again | C |
| The comfort he gave me there | D |
| - | |
| But another came and his lips were dumb | E |
| As he grasped me by the hand | F |
| And he stammered 'Old man I had to come | E |
| Oh I hope you'll understand ' | - |
| - | |
| And ever since then I have felt his hand | F |
| Clasped tightly in my own | G |
| And to day his silence I understand | F |
| My sorrowing he had known | G |
Edgar Albert Guest
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