The Two Coffins Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE DGHG IEJE DKLK| In yonder old cathedral | A |
| Two lovely coffins lie | B |
| In one the head of the state lies dead | C |
| And a singer sleeps hard by | B |
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| Once had that King great power | D |
| And proudly ruled the land | E |
| His crown e'en now is on his brow | F |
| And his sword is in his hand | E |
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| How sweetly sleeps the singer | D |
| With calmly folded eyes | G |
| And on the breast of the bard at rest | H |
| The harp that he sounded lies | G |
| - | |
| The castle walls are falling | I |
| And war distracts the land | E |
| But the sword leaps not from that mildewed spot | J |
| There in that dead king's hand | E |
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| But with every grace of nature | D |
| There seems to float along | K |
| To cheer again the hearts of men | L |
| The singer's deathless song | K |
Eugene Field
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