The Tears Expressive Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBAAB CDDCCD EFFEEF CDDCCD| Death crossed his threshold yesterday | A |
| And left the glad voice of his loved one dumb | B |
| To him the living now will come | B |
| And cross his threshold in the self same way | A |
| To clasp his hand and vainly try to say | A |
| Words that shall soothe the heart that's stricken numb | B |
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| And I shall be among them in that place | C |
| So still and silent where she used to sing | D |
| The glad sweet spirit that has taken wing | D |
| Where shone the radiance of her lovely face | C |
| And where she met him oft with fond embrace | C |
| I shall step in to share his sorrowing | D |
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| Beside the staircase that has known her hand | E |
| And in the hall her presence made complete | F |
| The home her life endowed with memories sweet | F |
| Where everything has heard her sweet command | E |
| And seems to wear her beauty I shall stand | E |
| Wondering just how to greet him when we meet | F |
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| I dread the very silence of the place | C |
| I dread our meeting and the time to speak | D |
| Speech seems so vain when sorrow's at the peak | D |
| Yet though my words lack soothing power or grace | C |
| Perhaps he'll catch their meaning in my face | C |
| And read the tears which glisten on my cheek | D |
Edgar Albert Guest
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