Slain Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHIH JKLK FKMK NOKO PBAB| Hollow a grave where the willows wave | A |
| And lay him under the grasses | B |
| Where the pitying breeze bloweth up from the seas | C |
| And murmurs a chant as it passes | B |
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| Lay the beautiful face and the form of grace | D |
| Away from the gaze of mortal | E |
| Let us hope that his soul has gained the goal | F |
| Over the shining portal | E |
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| Hope Ah we thrill with a terrible chill | G |
| Ah pen can you tell the story | H |
| Of the one who died in his manhood's pride | I |
| Slain in the morn of his glory | H |
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| There's a blemish of shame on the dear one's name | J |
| For he died as the drunkard dieth | K |
| The ruddy wine mug was the fiend who dug | L |
| The grave where our darling lieth | K |
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| O God and his soul was it lost in the bowl | F |
| Has it gone where the wicked goeth | K |
| Shall he bear the sin and the tempter go in | M |
| Where the beautiful city gloweth | K |
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| Hush O my heart act well thy part | N |
| Nor question a Father's kindness | O |
| And strive not to see the thing hid from thee | K |
| By a veil of earthly blindness | O |
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| But all through the wine may there shimmer and shine | P |
| As it glimmers and glows in the glasses | B |
| A coffin and grave and the willows that wave | A |
| Over our dead 'neath the grasses | B |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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