The Departed Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFG HIJI| IF no one ever went ahead | A |
| If we had seen no friend depart | B |
| And mourned him for a while as dead | A |
| How great would be our fear to start | B |
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| If no one for us led the way | C |
| No loved one garbed in angel white | D |
| Stood there a welcome word to say | C |
| Then we should fear the Heavenly flight | D |
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| If we should never say 'good bye ' | - |
| Should never shed the parting tear | E |
| We'd face the journey to the sky | F |
| In horrible despair and fear | G |
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| It is because our friends have gone | H |
| And left us in this vale of breath | I |
| Because of those who've journeyed on | J |
| That we can bravely smile at death | I |
Edgar Albert Guest
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