The Little Grave Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDC A EFGF A HIJI E KLML E NONO| I | A |
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| A little mound of earth | B |
| Is all the land I own | C |
| Death gave it me five feet by three | D |
| And mark'd it with a stone | C |
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| II | A |
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| My home my garden grave | E |
| Where most I long to go | F |
| The ground is mine by right divine | G |
| And Heaven will have it so | F |
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| III | A |
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| For here my darling sleeps | H |
| Unseen arrayed in white | I |
| And o'er the grass the breezes pass | J |
| And stars look down at night | I |
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| IV | E |
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| Here Beauty Love and Joy | K |
| With her in silence dwell | L |
| As Eastern slaves are thrown in graves | M |
| Of kings remember'd well | L |
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| V | E |
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| But here let no man come | N |
| My mourning rights to sever | O |
| Who lieth here is cold and dumb | N |
| Her dust is mine for ever | O |
Eric Mackay
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