Best Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFE CGCG HIHICJCJ| In 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 |
| - | |
| 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 |
| - | |
| 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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