Thomas Wentworth Higginson (in Memory) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGHGHIJIK LSage of the silver pen | A |
Wherever thy thought was heard | B |
Thou wert a leader of men | A |
Poet of honored word | B |
Knight of the eagle glance | C |
Piercing the depths of wrong | D |
Justice thy cry and thy lance | C |
True in its aim and strong | D |
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Man of the ruddy heart | E |
Beating warm for our kind | F |
Thine was the hero's part | E |
Eyes wert thou to the blind | F |
Thou a staff to the weak | G |
Here we our tribute lay | H |
Homage thou didst not seek | G |
Twined with a wreath of bay | H |
A garland woven of love | I |
Woven of love and tears | J |
Pure as the note of a dove | I |
Voicing thy peaceful years | K |
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Read at the Memorial Meeting Nov | L |
Helen Leah Reed
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