Best Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFE CGCG HIHICJCJIn the gruesome night and the wintry weather | A |
I watched two dear friends die | B |
And I buried them both in one grave together | A |
Oh who is so sad as I | B |
For the old love and the old year | C |
They both have passed away | D |
And I never can find the old cheer | C |
Come what will or may | D |
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I heard the bell in the tall church steeple | E |
Clang out a joyful strain | F |
And I thought 'Of all the great world's people | E |
I have the bitterest pain ' | - |
For the old year was a good year | C |
And the old love was sweet | G |
And how could my heart hold any cheer | C |
When both lay dead at my feet | G |
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Life may smile and the skies may brighten | H |
Winter will pass with its snows | I |
Grief will wane and the burden lighten | H |
And June will come with the rose | I |
But it cannot bring the old cheer | C |
To fill my empty breast | J |
For the old year was the one year | C |
And the old love was best | J |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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