In Memoriam Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAAC DEDDE FGFFG HIHHI JKJJK LMLLM JNJJ OJOPJ EQREQ SLTTL| O FRIEND who passed away while flowers died | A |
| Now that the land bursts into bloom again | B |
| With vivid blossoms o'er the landscape wide | A |
| Purple and white 'mongst grasses golden eyed | A |
| In beauteous resurrection o'er the plain | C |
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| My thoughts revert to thee who liest still | D |
| Under the pulsing stirring glowing earth | E |
| Not rising with the lilac on the hill | D |
| Not waking with the sunny daffodil | D |
| Living and breathing with no second birth | E |
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| In these sweet days I dream I see thy grave | F |
| A mockery of death alive with flowers | G |
| The delicate sprays and tender grasses wave | F |
| Blue violets and the hardy crocus brave | F |
| Wooed back to life by sunshine dew and showers | G |
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| I cannot deem that thou art lying there | H |
| Asleep through all these fervent days of spring | I |
| For I perceive thy spirit in the air | H |
| Around me ever in my dream and prayer | H |
| Enskied and hallowed by thy suffering | I |
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| When thou didst walk upon the earth before | J |
| My trivial words and deeds alone were thine | K |
| But now my holiest dreams are evermore | J |
| Blended with thoughts of thee on that far shore | J |
| Where thy pale girlish face has grown divine | K |
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| Through the dark shadows thou must go alone | L |
| And lo thou hast a dauntless bravery | M |
| A most majestic resignation shown | L |
| A valiant patience a faith not overthrown | L |
| By the dread terror of uncertainty | M |
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| The day had fled from thee for evermore | J |
| Thy soul was ebbing with the waning light | N |
| And still thou asked aweary and heartsore | J |
| The same pathetic question o'er and o'er | J |
| 'O I am tired will I go to night ' | - |
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| Aye thou didst go and where Thou knowest now | O |
| Nature is innocent as well as fair | J |
| Lillies as well as amaranth wreathe her brow | O |
| She hath thy soul because I cannot know | P |
| Where it may be I feel it everywhere | J |
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| And thus the spring hath brought me flowers of worth | E |
| O mourners cease to weep o'er empty graves | Q |
| Open them all no dead come trooping forth | R |
| To fill with ghastly hosts the living earth | E |
| Only the flowers bloom the green grass waves | Q |
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| Those ye laid low with solemn rites and tears | S |
| Elude you while ye weep they all have flown | L |
| And so I lay aside my doubts and fears | T |
| My friend in day dreams and at night appears | T |
| And hovers near when I am most alone | L |
Emma Lazarus
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