Beyond Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCC CDEDFF GHGHII AJAJKK LALAMM| It seemeth such a little way to me | A |
| Across to that strange country the Beyond | B |
| And yet not strange for it has grown to be | A |
| The home of those whom I am so fond | B |
| They make it seem familiar and most dear | C |
| As journeying friends bring distant regions near | C |
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| So close it lies that when my sight is clear | C |
| I think I almost see the gleaming strand | D |
| I know I feel those who have gone from here | E |
| Come near enough sometimes to touch my hand | D |
| I often think but for our veiled eyes | F |
| We should find heaven right round about us lies | F |
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| I cannot make it seem a day to dread | G |
| When from this dear earth I shall journey out | H |
| To that still dear country of the dead | G |
| And join the lost ones so long dreamed about | H |
| I love this world yet shall I love to go | I |
| And meet the friends who wait for me I know | I |
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| I never stand above a bier and see | A |
| The seal of death set on some well loved face | J |
| But that I think One more to welcome me | A |
| When I shall cross the intervening space | J |
| Between this land and that one over there | K |
| One more to make the strange Beyond seem fair | K |
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| And so for me there is no sting to death | L |
| And so the grave has lost its victory | A |
| It is but crossing with a bated breath | L |
| And white set face a little strip of sea | A |
| To find the loved ones waiting on the shore | M |
| More beautiful more precious than before | M |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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