The Resurrection Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEDFGHGHIJ

LONG long before men die I sometimes readA
Their stoic backs as plain as graveyard stonesB
An epitaph of poor dead men indeedC
I never pass those old and crooked bonesB
Ridden far down with burden and with ageD
Stopping the headlong highway till they leanE
Aside in honor of my equipageD
But I am sick and shamed that Heaven has beenF
So clumsy with the inelastic clayG
'What pretty piece of hope then have you spunH
My old defeated traveler ' I sayG
'That keeps you marching on For I have noneH
I have looked often and I have not foundI
Old men bowed low who ever rose up sound 'J

John Crowe Ransom



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