The First Easter Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD EEBB DF GG H CCDD| Dead they left Him in the tomb | A |
| And the impenetrable gloom | A |
| Rolled the great stone to the door | B |
| Dead they thought forevermore | B |
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| Then came Mary Magdalene | C |
| Weeping to that bitter scene | C |
| And she found to her dismay | D |
| That the stone was rolled away | D |
| - | |
| Cometh Peter then and John | E |
| Him they'd loved to look upon | E |
| And they found His linen there | B |
| Left within the sepulcher | B |
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| 'They have taken Him away ' | - |
| Mary cried that Easter Day | D |
| Low she heard a voice behind | F |
| 'Whom is it you seek to find ' | - |
| - | |
| 'Tell me where He is ' she cried | G |
| 'Him they scourged and crucified | G |
| Here we left Him with the dead ' | - |
| 'Mary Mary ' Jesus said | H |
| - | |
| So by Mary Magdalene | C |
| First the risen Christ was seen | C |
| And from every heart that day | D |
| Doubt's great stone was rolled away | D |
Edgar Albert Guest
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