The Poet's Death Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CBDB AEFE EGEG| The world is taking little heed | A |
| And plods from day to day | B |
| The vulgar flourish like a weed | A |
| The learned pass away | B |
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| We miss him on the summer path | C |
| The lonely summer day | B |
| Where mowers cut the pleasant swath | D |
| And maidens make the hay | B |
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| The vulgar take but little heed | A |
| The garden wants his care | E |
| There lies the book he used to read | F |
| There stands the empty chair | E |
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| The boat laid up the voyage oer | E |
| And passed the stormy wave | G |
| The world is going as before | E |
| The poet in his grave | G |
John Clare
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