In Peace Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAAACDDEEFFGHGGHHIJ IJKKLLLKMNEOEOO| A track of moonlight on a quiet lake | A |
| Whose small waves on a silver sanded shore | B |
| Whisper of peace and with the low winds make | A |
| Such harmonies as keep the woods awake | A |
| And listening all night long for their sweet sake | A |
| A green waved slope of meadow hovered o'er | C |
| By angel troops of lilies swaying light | D |
| On viewless stems with folded wings of white | D |
| A slumberous stretch of mountain land far seen | E |
| Where the low westering day with gold and green | E |
| Purple and amber softly blended fills | F |
| The wooded vales and melts among the hills | F |
| A vine fringed river winding to its rest | G |
| On the calm bosom of a stormless sea | H |
| Bearing alike upon its placid breast | G |
| With earthly flowers and heavenly' stars impressed | G |
| The hues of time and of eternity | H |
| Such are the pictures which the thought of thee | H |
| O friend awakeneth charming the keen pain | I |
| Of thy departure and our sense of loss | J |
| Requiting with the fullness of thy gain | I |
| Lo on the quiet grave thy life borne cross | J |
| Dropped only at its side methinks doth shine | K |
| Of thy beatitude the radiant sign | K |
| No sob of grief no wild lament be there | L |
| To break the Sabbath of the holy air | L |
| But in their stead the silent breathing prayer | L |
| Of hearts still waiting for a rest like thine | K |
| O spirit redeemed Forgive us if henceforth | M |
| With sweet and pure similitudes of earth | N |
| We keep thy pleasant memory freshly green | E |
| Of love's inheritance a priceless part | O |
| Which Fancy's self in reverent awe is seen | E |
| To paint forgetful of the tricks of art | O |
| With pencil dipped alone in colors of the heart | O |
John Greenleaf Whittier
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