On An Occasion Of National Mourning Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQQRS| It is admittedly difficult for a whole | A |
| Nation to mourn and be seen to do so but | B |
| It can be done the silvery platitudes | C |
| Were waiting in their silos for just such | D |
| An emergent occasion cards of sympathy | E |
| From heads of state were long ago prepared | F |
| For launching and are bounced around the world | G |
| From satellites at near the speed of light | H |
| The divine services are telecast | I |
| From the home towns children are interviewed | J |
| And say politely gravely how sorry they are | K |
| And in a week or so the thing is done | L |
| The sea gives up its bits and pieces and | M |
| The investigating board pinpoints the cause | N |
| By inspecting bits and pieces nothing of the sort | O |
| Can ever happen again the prescribed course | P |
| Of tragedy is run through omen to amen | Q |
| As in a play the nation rises again | Q |
| Reborn of grief and ready to seek the stars | R |
| Remembering the shuttle forgetting the loom | S |
Howard Nemerov
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