On An Occasion Of National Mourning Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQQRS

It is admittedly difficult for a wholeA
Nation to mourn and be seen to do so butB
It can be done the silvery platitudesC
Were waiting in their silos for just suchD
An emergent occasion cards of sympathyE
From heads of state were long ago preparedF
For launching and are bounced around the worldG
From satellites at near the speed of lightH
The divine services are telecastI
From the home towns children are interviewedJ
And say politely gravely how sorry they areK
And in a week or so the thing is doneL
The sea gives up its bits and pieces andM
The investigating board pinpoints the causeN
By inspecting bits and pieces nothing of the sortO
Can ever happen again the prescribed courseP
Of tragedy is run through omen to amenQ
As in a play the nation rises againQ
Reborn of grief and ready to seek the starsR
Remembering the shuttle forgetting the loomS

Howard Nemerov



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