Dead In Sight Of Fame Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DEDDEFF GHGGHII JKLLKMM| DIED Early morning of September and | A |
| in the gleaming dawn of 'name and fame ' | B |
| Hamilton J Dunbar | C |
| - | |
| Dead Dead Dead | D |
| We thought him ours alone | E |
| And were so proud to see him tread | D |
| The rounds of fame and lift his head | D |
| Where sunlight ever shone | E |
| But now our aching eyes are dim | F |
| And look through tears in vain for him | F |
| - | |
| Name Name Name | G |
| It was his diadem | H |
| Nor ever tarnish taint of shame | G |
| Could dim its luster like a flame | G |
| Reflected in a gem | H |
| He wears it blazing on his brow | I |
| Within the courts of Heaven now | I |
| - | |
| Tears Tears Tears | J |
| Like dews upon the leaf | K |
| That bursts at last from out the years | L |
| The blossom of a trust appears | L |
| That blooms above the grief | K |
| And mother brother wife and child | M |
| Will see it and be reconciled | M |
James Whitcomb Riley
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