Lines For A Grave-stone Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAA BBB AAA AAA CCC| Man alive that mournst thy lot | A |
| Desiring what thou hast not got | A |
| Money beauty love what not | A |
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| Deeming it blesseder to be | B |
| A rotted man than live to see | B |
| So rude a sky as covers thee | B |
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| Deeming thyself of all unblest | A |
| And wretched souls the wretchedest | A |
| Longing to die and be at rest | A |
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| Know that however grim the fate | A |
| Which sent thee forth to meditate | A |
| Upon my enviable state | A |
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| Here lieth one who would resign | C |
| Gladly his lot to shoulder thine | C |
| Give me thy coat get into mine | C |
Edna St. Vincent Millay
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