After My Death Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFF EGHIJKLMA ENOBPQQRSS TBDUFF| After my death mourn me this way | A |
| 'There was a man and see he is no more | B |
| before his time this man died | C |
| and his life's song in mid bar stopped | D |
| and oh it is sad One more song he had | E |
| and now the song is gone for good | F |
| gone for good | F |
| - | |
| And it is very sad a harp too he had | E |
| a living being and murmurous | G |
| and the poet in his words in it | H |
| all of his heart's secret revealed | I |
| and all the strings his hand gave breath | J |
| but one secret his heart kept hid | K |
| round and round his fingers played | L |
| and one string stayed mute | M |
| mute to this day | A |
| - | |
| And it is sad very sad | E |
| All of her days this string moved | N |
| mute she moved mute she shook | O |
| for her song her beloved redeemer | B |
| she yearned thirsted grieved and longed | P |
| as a heart pines for its intended | Q |
| and though he hesitated each day she waited | Q |
| and in a secret moan begged for him to come | R |
| and he hesitated and never came | S |
| never came | S |
| - | |
| And great great is the pain | T |
| There was a man and see he is no more | B |
| and his life's song in mid bar stopped | D |
| one more song he had to go | U |
| and now the song is gone for good | F |
| gone for good | F |
Hayyim Nahman Bialik
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