When Cora Died Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEGHDCD IJIJCDCD KJKJCDCD| Bells ring out a joyful sound | A |
| Old and young alike seem gay | B |
| One more year has gone its round | A |
| Again we greet a New Year's Day | B |
| Whilst to some they tell of cheer | C |
| Other hearts may grief betide | D |
| For 'twas in the glad New Year | C |
| When our darling Cora died | D |
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| Like a snowdrop pure and fair | E |
| She had blossomed in our home | F |
| Her we nursed with tender care | E |
| Lest Death's blighting frost should come | G |
| And we prayed to keep her here | H |
| But our pleading was denied | D |
| Early in the glad New Year | C |
| Little darling Cora died | D |
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| Death had taken some before | I |
| Some from whom 'twas hard to part | J |
| And their voices now no more | I |
| Come to cheer the longing heart | J |
| In that one frail blossom dear | C |
| Centered all our hope and pride | D |
| Alas Then came the sad New Year | C |
| When our darling Cora died | D |
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| Since that time the pealing bells | K |
| Wake sad echoes in the heart | J |
| And the grief that in us dwells | K |
| Makes the tears unbidden start | J |
| Though they ring so loud and clear | C |
| Flinging gladness far and wide | D |
| They to me recall the year | C |
| When our darling Cora died | D |
John Hartley
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