Penance Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD BEBE FDFD EGEG| My lover died a century ago | A |
| Her dear heart stricken by my sland'rous breath | B |
| Wherefore the Gods forbade that I should know | A |
| The peace of death | B |
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| Men pass my grave and say 'Twere well to sleep | C |
| Like such an one amid the uncaring dead | D |
| How should they know the vigils that I keep | C |
| The tears I shed | D |
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| Upon the grave I count with lifeless breath | B |
| Each night each year the flowers that bloom and die | E |
| Deeming the leaves that fall to dreamless death | B |
| More blest than I | E |
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| 'Twas just last year I heard two lovers pass | F |
| So near I caught the tender words he said | D |
| To night the rain drenched breezes sway the grass | F |
| Above his head | D |
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| That night full envious of his life was I | E |
| That youth and love should stand at his behest | G |
| To night I envy him that he should lie | E |
| At utter rest | G |
John Alexander Mccrae
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