Gone Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHIH JKLK MNON PQBR STUT VWVW XYZA2 B2C2R HD2C2E2 KF2EF2 G2H2I2H2 IJ2K2J2 REL2EAnother hand is beckoning us | A |
Another call is given | B |
And glows once more with Angel steps | C |
The path which reaches Heaven | B |
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Our young and gentle friend whose smile | D |
Made brighter summer hours | E |
Amid the frosts of autumn time | F |
Has left us with the flowers | E |
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No paling of the cheek of bloom | G |
Forewarned us of decay | H |
No shadow from the Silent Land | I |
Fell round our sister's way | H |
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The light of her young life went down | J |
As sinks behind the hill | K |
The glory of a setting star | L |
Clear suddenly and still | K |
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As pure and sweet her fair brow seemed | M |
Eternal as the sky | N |
And like the brook's low song her voice | O |
A sound which could not die | N |
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And half we deemed she needed not | P |
The changing of her sphere | Q |
To give to Heaven a Shining One | B |
Who walked an Angel here | R |
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The blessing of her quiet life | S |
Fell on us like the dew | T |
And good thoughts where her footsteps pressed | U |
Like fairy blossoms grew | T |
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Sweet promptings unto kindest deeds | V |
Were in her very look | W |
We read her face as one who reads | V |
A true and holy book | W |
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The measure of a blessed hymn | X |
To which our hearts could move | Y |
The breathing of an inward psalm | Z |
A canticle of love | A2 |
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We miss her in the place of prayer | B2 |
And by the hearth fire's light | C2 |
We pause beside her door to hear | R |
Once more her sweet 'Good night ' | - |
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There seems a shadow on the day | H |
Her smile no longer cheers | D2 |
A dimness on the stars of night | C2 |
Like eyes that look through tears | E2 |
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Alone unto our Father's will | K |
One thought hath reconciled | F2 |
That He whose love exceedeth ours | E |
Hath taken home His child | F2 |
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Fold her O Father in Thine arms | G2 |
And let her henceforth be | H2 |
A messenger of love between | I2 |
Our human hearts and Thee | H2 |
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Still let her mild rebuking stand | I |
Between us and the wrong | J2 |
And her dear memory serve to make | K2 |
Our faith in Goodness strong | J2 |
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And grant that she who trembling here | R |
Distrusted all her powers | E |
May welcome to her holier home | L2 |
The well beloved of ours | E |
John Greenleaf Whittier
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