Two Lives Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFGF HIHI JKLK MNMO PQPQ RSRS| Two infants in their cradles lie | A |
| Where lullabies of peace | B |
| In gentle strains of tender music die | A |
| And carols never cease | B |
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| Two urchins o'er the meadow lands | C |
| Are bounding in their plays | D |
| Where sweet enjoyment with angelic hands | C |
| Winds gladness o'er the days | D |
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| Two boys where golden fancies bless | E |
| Repose in sunny beams | F |
| And muse away the hours of happiness | G |
| On couches made of dreams | F |
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| Two men upon a summer sea | H |
| Are toiling brave and strong | I |
| Where pleasures roll their elfin harmony | H |
| And labor ends in song | I |
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| Two gray haired sages silvered o'er | J |
| In life meet once again | K |
| To name the wondrous happiness they bore | L |
| Among their fellow men | K |
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| Two graves forever hide the twain | M |
| Who found in all their years | N |
| No secret shadows where unbroken pain | M |
| Held fountains full of tears | O |
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| Two lives have passed from human reach | P |
| And few have heard of them | Q |
| But joy had not been better served if each | P |
| Had worn a diadem | Q |
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| Ah bosoms here are strangely blest | R |
| With perfect bliss that glows | S |
| And he above all others lives the best | R |
| Who has the fewest woes | S |
Freeman E. Miller
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