Gone Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHIH JKLK MNON PQBR STUT VWVW XYZA2 B2C2R HD2C2E2 KF2EF2 G2H2I2H2 IJ2K2J2 REL2E

Another hand is beckoning usA
Another call is givenB
And glows once more with Angel stepsC
The path which reaches HeavenB
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Our young and gentle friend whose smileD
Made brighter summer hoursE
Amid the frosts of autumn timeF
Has left us with the flowersE
-
No paling of the cheek of bloomG
Forewarned us of decayH
No shadow from the Silent LandI
Fell round our sister's wayH
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The light of her young life went downJ
As sinks behind the hillK
The glory of a setting starL
Clear suddenly and stillK
-
As pure and sweet her fair brow seemedM
Eternal as the skyN
And like the brook's low song her voiceO
A sound which could not dieN
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And half we deemed she needed notP
The changing of her sphereQ
To give to Heaven a Shining OneB
Who walked an Angel hereR
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The blessing of her quiet lifeS
Fell on us like the dewT
And good thoughts where her footsteps pressedU
Like fairy blossoms grewT
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Sweet promptings unto kindest deedsV
Were in her very lookW
We read her face as one who readsV
A true and holy bookW
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The measure of a blessed hymnX
To which our hearts could moveY
The breathing of an inward psalmZ
A canticle of loveA2
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We miss her in the place of prayerB2
And by the hearth fire's lightC2
We pause beside her door to hearR
Once more her sweet 'Good night '-
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There seems a shadow on the dayH
Her smile no longer cheersD2
A dimness on the stars of nightC2
Like eyes that look through tearsE2
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Alone unto our Father's willK
One thought hath reconciledF2
That He whose love exceedeth oursE
Hath taken home His childF2
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Fold her O Father in Thine armsG2
And let her henceforth beH2
A messenger of love betweenI2
Our human hearts and TheeH2
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Still let her mild rebuking standI
Between us and the wrongJ2
And her dear memory serve to makeK2
Our faith in Goodness strongJ2
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And grant that she who trembling hereR
Distrusted all her powersE
May welcome to her holier homeL2
The well beloved of oursE

John Greenleaf Whittier



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