E.b.b. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCC DEDEFF GHGHII JKLMNN| THE WHITE ROSE garland at her feet | A |
| The crown of laurel at her head | B |
| Her noble life on earth complete | A |
| Lay her in the last low bed | B |
| For the slumber calm and deep | C |
| He giveth His belov d sleep | C |
| - | |
| Soldiers find their fittest grave | D |
| In the field whereon they died | E |
| So her spirit pure and brave | D |
| Leaves the clay it glorified | E |
| To the land for which she fought | F |
| With such grand impassioned thought | F |
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| Keats and Shelley sleep at Rome | G |
| She in well loved Tuscan earth | H |
| Finding all their death s long home | G |
| Far from their old home of birth | H |
| Italy you hold in trust | I |
| Very sacred English dust | I |
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| Therefore this one prayer I breathe | J |
| That you yet may worthy prove | K |
| Of the heirlooms they bequeath | L |
| Who have loved you with such love | M |
| Fairest land while land of slaves | N |
| Yields their free souls no fit graves | N |
James Thomson
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