The Token Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBC A DEDF A GHGH I JKLK I HHHH I BCBC| I | A |
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| Only a ringlet of flaxen hair | B |
| Tied with a ribbon blue | C |
| Laid by the hand of a mother there | B |
| Cherished with love so true | C |
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| II | A |
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| Only a soft and silken curl | D |
| Bound with a knotted bow | E |
| Worn on the head of a little girl | D |
| Lost in the long ago | F |
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| III | A |
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| Only a hallowed treasure kept | G |
| From the grave's decay and mold | H |
| Over which her eyes have wept | G |
| With anguish all untold | H |
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| IV | I |
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| Only a link in the golden chain | J |
| By Death's cold hand unbroken | K |
| Which leads to where she'll meet again | L |
| The wearer of this token | K |
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| V | I |
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| Only a relic undefiled | H |
| Enshrined in a broken heart | H |
| Rent in twain when a darling child | H |
| And a loving mother part | H |
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| VI | I |
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| Only a ringlet of flaxen hair | B |
| Tied with a ribbon blue | C |
| Clipped from the head of an angel fair | B |
| Whose hands are beckoning you | C |
George W. Doneghy
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