Perfect Character Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCABD AAEEAAA AAAAAAA AAFFAAA| He lives but half who never stood | A |
| By the grave of one held dear | B |
| And out of the deep dark loneliness | C |
| Of a heart bereaved and comfortless | C |
| From sorrow's crystal plentitude | A |
| Feeling his loss severe | B |
| Dropped a regretful tear | D |
| - | |
| Oh life's divinest draught doth not | A |
| In the wells of joy abound | A |
| For the purest streams are those that flow | E |
| Out of the depths of crushing woe | E |
| As from the springs of love and thought | A |
| Hid in some narrow mound | A |
| Making it holy ground | A |
| - | |
| He hath been blessed who sometimes knelt | A |
| Owning that God is just | A |
| And in the stillness of cypress shade | A |
| Rosemary's tender symbol laid | A |
| Upon a cherished shrine and felt | A |
| Strengthened in faith and trust | A |
| Over the precious dust | A |
| - | |
| So perfect character is wrought | A |
| Rounded and beautified | A |
| By the alchemy of that strange alloy | F |
| The intermingling of grief and joy | F |
| So nearer Heaven the spirit brought | A |
| Bleeding so sorely tried | A |
| Finds its diviner side | A |
Hattie Howard
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