Cortège Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB ABAB ABAB ABAB ABAB ABAB| Four o'clock this afternoon | A |
| Fifteen hundred miles away | B |
| So it goes the crazy tune | A |
| So it pounds and hums all day | B |
| - | |
| Four o'clock this afternoon | A |
| Earth will hide them far away | B |
| Best they go to go so soon | A |
| Best for them the grave to day | B |
| - | |
| Had she gone but half so soon | A |
| Half the world had passed away | B |
| Four o'clock this afternoon | A |
| Best for them they go to day | B |
| - | |
| Four o'clock this afternoon | A |
| Love will hide them deep they say | B |
| Love that made the grave so soon | A |
| Fifteen hundred miles away | B |
| - | |
| Four o'clock this afternoon | A |
| Ah but they go slow to day | B |
| Slow to suit my crazy tune | A |
| Past the need of all we say | B |
| - | |
| Best it came to come so soon | A |
| Best for them they go to day | B |
| Four o'clock this afternoon | A |
| Fifteen hundred miles away | B |
Edwin Arlington Robinson
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