Peter Cooper Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CADE FGFG BHBH| Give honor and love for evermore | A |
| To this great man gone to rest | B |
| Peace on the dim Plutonian shore | A |
| Rest in the land of the blest | B |
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| I reckon him greater than any man | C |
| That ever drew sword in war | A |
| I reckon him nobler than king or khan | D |
| Braver and better by far | E |
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| And wisest he in this whole wide land | F |
| Of hoarding till bent and gray | G |
| For all you can hold in your cold dead hand | F |
| Is what you have given away | G |
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| So whether to wander the stars or to rest | B |
| Forever hushed and dumb | H |
| He gave with a zest and he gave his best | B |
| Give him the best to come | H |
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