Has Been Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBCAABBA DEEDFF| That melancholy phrase It might have been | A |
| However sad doth in its heart enfold | B |
| A hidden germ of promise for I hold | B |
| WHATEVER MIGHT HAVE BEEN SHALL BE | C |
| Though in | A |
| Some other realm and life the soul must win | A |
| The goal that erst was possible But cold | B |
| And cruel as the sound of frozen mould | B |
| Dropped on a coffin are the words Has been | A |
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| She has been beautiful he has been great | D |
| Rome has been powerful we sigh and say | E |
| It is the pitying crust we toss decay | E |
| The dirge we breathe o'er some degenerate state | D |
| An epitaph for fame's unburied dead | F |
| God pity those who live to hear it said | F |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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