Gordon's Grave Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFEG HIHI JKJK| All the heat and the glow and the hush | A |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp of the summer afternoon | B |
| the scent of the sweet briar bush | C |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp over bowing grass blades and broom | D |
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| the birds that flit and pass | E |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp singing the song he knows | F |
| the grass hopper in the grass | E |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp the voice of the she oak boughs | G |
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| Ah and the shattered column | H |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp crowned with the poet's wreath | I |
| Who who keeps silent and solemn | H |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp his passing place beneath | I |
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| This was a poet that loved God's breath | J |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp his life was a passionate quest | K |
| he looked down deep in the wells of death | J |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp and now he is taking his rest | K |
Francis William Lauderdale Adams
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