The Tomb Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBACADCECFFGG| Once musing o'er an old effaced stone | A |
| Longing to know whose dust it did conceal | B |
| I anxious ponder'd o'er what might reveal | B |
| And sought the seeming date with weeds o'ergrown | A |
| But that prov'd fruitless both the date and name | C |
| Had been for ages in oblivion thrown | A |
| The dim remains of sculptur'd ornament | D |
| Gave proof sufficient 'twas reward for fame | C |
| This did my searching view so much torment | E |
| That Time I question'd to expose the same | C |
| But soon a check And what is it to thee | F |
| Whose dust lies here since thou wilt quickly be | F |
| Forgot like him then Time shall bid thee go | G |
| To heaven's pure bliss or hell's tormenting woe | G |
John Clare
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