Edith Conant Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOAPQDR STU| We stand about this place we the memories | A |
| And shade our eyes because we dread to read | B |
| Juneth aged years and days | C |
| And all things are changed | D |
| And we we the memories stand here for ourselves alone | E |
| For no eye marks us or would know why we are here | F |
| Your husband is dead your sister lives far away | G |
| Your father is bent with age | H |
| He has forgotten you he scarcely leaves the house | I |
| Any more | J |
| No one remembers your exquisite face | K |
| Your lyric voice | L |
| How you sang even on the morning you were stricken | M |
| With piercing sweetness with thrilling sorrow | N |
| Before the advent of the child which died with you | O |
| It is all forgotten save by us the memories | A |
| Who are forgotten by the world | P |
| All is changed save the river and the hill | Q |
| Even they are changed | D |
| Only the burning sun and the quiet stars are the same | R |
| And we we the memories stand here in awe | S |
| Our eyes closed with the weariness of tears | T |
| In immeasurable weariness | U |
Edgar Lee Masters
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