Mockery Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCEFGFG| Why do we grudge our sweets so to the living | A |
| Who God knows find at best too much of gall | B |
| And then with generous open hands kneel giving | A |
| Unto the dead our all | B |
| Why do we pierce the warm hearts sin or sorrow | C |
| With idle jests or scorn or cruel sneers | D |
| And when it cannot know on some to morrow | C |
| Speak of its woe through tears | E |
| What do the dead care for the tender token | F |
| The love the praise the floral offerings | G |
| But palpitating living hearts are broken | F |
| For want of just these things | G |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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