A Dirge For Mcpherson Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CB DEFE CGHG IAIA AJAJ AAAA HC| Arms reversed and banners creped | A |
| Muffled drums | B |
| Snowy horses sable draped | A |
| McPherson comes | B |
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| But tell us shall we know him more | C |
| Lost Mountain and lone Kenesaw | B |
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| Brave the sword upon the pall | D |
| A gleam in gloom | E |
| So a bright name lighteth all | F |
| McPherson's doom | E |
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| Bear him through the chapel door | C |
| Let priest in stole | G |
| Pace before the warrior | H |
| Who led Bell toll | G |
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| Lay him down within the nave | I |
| The lesson read | A |
| Man is noble man is brave | I |
| But man's a weed | A |
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| Take him up again and wend | A |
| Graveward nor weep | J |
| There's a trumpet that shall rend | A |
| This Soldier's sleep | J |
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| Pass the ropes the coffin round | A |
| And let descend | A |
| Prayer and volley let it sound | A |
| McPherson's end | A |
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| True fame is his for life is o'er | H |
| Sarpedon of the mighty war | C |
Herman Melville
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