Elegy Before Death Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHIJ KLAL DMGM| There will be rose and rhododendron | A |
| When you are dead and under ground | B |
| Still will be heard from white syringas | C |
| Heavy with bees a sunny sound | B |
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| Still will the tamaracks be raining | D |
| After the rain has ceased and still | E |
| Will there be robins in the stubble | F |
| Brown sheep upon the warm green hill | E |
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| Spring will not ail nor autumn falter | G |
| Nothing will know that you are gone | H |
| Saving alone some sullen plough land | I |
| None but yourself sets foot upon | J |
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| Saving the may weed and the pig weed | K |
| Nothing will know that you are dead | L |
| These and perhaps a useless wagon | A |
| Standing beside some tumbled shed | L |
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| Oh there will pass with your great passing | D |
| Little of beauty not your own | M |
| Only the light from common water | G |
| Only the grace from simple stone | M |
Edna St. Vincent Millay
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