The Grave. From The Anglo-saxon Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCCCDCCCCE CCFGFHCHCCI JGCCJKKC CLCCCCMCCNC| For thee was a house built | A |
| Ere thou wast born | B |
| For thee was a mould meant | C |
| Ere thou of mother camest | C |
| But it is not made ready | C |
| Nor its depth measured | C |
| Nor is it seen | D |
| How long it shall be | C |
| Now I bring thee | C |
| Where thou shalt be | C |
| Now I shall measure thee | C |
| And the mould afterwards | E |
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| Thy house is not | C |
| Highly timbered | C |
| It is unhigh and low | F |
| When thou art therein | G |
| The heel ways are low | F |
| The side ways unhigh | H |
| The roof is built | C |
| Thy breast full nigh | H |
| So thou shalt in mould | C |
| Dwell full cold | C |
| Dimly and dark | I |
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| Doorless is that house | J |
| And dark it is within | G |
| There thou art fast detained | C |
| And Death hath the key | C |
| Loathsome is that earth house | J |
| And grim within to dwell | K |
| There thou shalt dwell | K |
| And worms shall divide thee | C |
| - | |
| Thus thou art laid | C |
| And leavest thy friends | L |
| Thou hast no friend | C |
| Who will come to thee | C |
| Who will ever see | C |
| How that house pleaseth thee | C |
| Who will ever open | M |
| The door for thee | C |
| And descend for thee | C |
| For soon thou art loathsome | N |
| And hateful to see | C |
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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