An Invalid Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBAABBA CDDCEE| I care not what his name for God may be | A |
| Nor what his wisdom holds of heaven and hell | B |
| The alphabet whereby he strives to spell | B |
| His lines of life nor where he bends his knee | A |
| Since with his grave before him he can see | A |
| White Peace above it while the churchyard bell | B |
| Poised in its tower poised now to boom his knell | B |
| Seems but the waiting tongue of liberty | A |
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| For names and knowledge idle breed of breath | C |
| And cant and creed the progeny of strife | D |
| Thronging the safe companioned streets of life | D |
| Shrink trembling from the cold clear eye of death | C |
| And learn too late why dying lips can smile | E |
| That goodness is the only creed worth while | E |
John Charles Mcneill
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