Procession Of All Souls Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEF GHIJFKL MNEOPQR STUVW XYZFA2| Gnarled and blessed | A |
| be the hour of autumn | B |
| when spotted pears sink | C |
| into wet sod and blessed be | D |
| the songs of virgins rising | E |
| into the hunchbacked trees | F |
| - | |
| November dawn | G |
| Down damp stone stairs | H |
| we followed the priest | I |
| past leaf choked wells | J |
| and jagged trees | F |
| past the red rage of dogwood | K |
| ringing a black lake | L |
| - | |
| Dies Irae he intoned | M |
| Dies Illae day of wrath | N |
| We followed his swinging | E |
| censer trail of smoke | O |
| schoolgirls in gray novices | P |
| in white veils nuns in ragged black | Q |
| tapping tortoise canes | R |
| - | |
| What joy to bear the fear | S |
| to smell orbs of incense | T |
| perfuming the rot of leaves | U |
| to cross the stubbled field | V |
| as crows rushed and whirled | W |
| - | |
| pecking at windfall seeds | X |
| We arrived rainsoaked awed | Y |
| to watch young nun brides | Z |
| kneel and spread their thin bodies | F |
| across green doors of graves | A2 |
Geraldine Connolly
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