The Dead Feast Of The Kol-folk Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDDACCECCEFGGFH ABIBICJJKKDDLFCCLFH AMIINOOCCFFKCCCCKFH AIIAKKJPPJCCJFQFFRFH

We have opened the doorA
Once twice thriceB
We have swept the floorA
We have boiled the riceB
Come hither come hitherC
Come from the far landsD
Come from the star landsD
Come as beforeA
We lived long togetherC
We loved one anotherC
Come back to our lifeE
Come father come motherC
Come sister and brotherC
Child husband and wifeE
For you we are sighingF
Come take your old placesG
Come look in our facesG
The dead on the dyingF
Come homeH
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We have opened the doorA
Once twice thriceB
We have kindled the coalsI
And we boil the riceB
For the feast of soulsI
Come hither come hitherC
Think not we fear youJ
Whose hearts are so near youJ
Come tenderly thought onK
Come all unforgottenK
Come from the shadow landsD
From the dim meadow landsD
Where the pale grasses bendL
Low to our sighingF
Come father come motherC
Come sister and brotherC
Come husband and friendL
The dead to the dyingF
Come homeH
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We have opened the doorA
You entered so oftM
For the feast of soulsI
We have kindled the coalsI
And we boil the rice softN
Come you who are dearestO
To us who are nearestO
Come hither come hitherC
From out the wild weatherC
The storm clouds are flyingF
The peepul is sighingF
Come in from the rainK
Come father come motherC
Come sister and brotherC
Come husband and loverC
Beneath our roof coverC
Look on us againK
The dead on the dyingF
Come homeH
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We have opened the doorA
For the feast of soulsI
We have kindled the coalsI
We may kindle no moreA
Snake fever and famineK
The curse of the BrahminK
The sun and the dewJ
They burn us they bite usP
They waste us and smite usP
Our days are but fewJ
In strange lands far yonderC
To wonder and wanderC
We hasten to youJ
List then to our sighingF
While yet we are hereQ
Nor seeing nor hearingF
We wait without fearingF
To feel you draw nearR
O dead to the dyingF
Come homeH

John Greenleaf Whittier



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