Death Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEFFGGEEHHII| He born of my girlhood is dead while my life is yet young in my heart | A |
| Ere the breasts where his baby lips fed have forgotten their softness we part | A |
| We part He was mine he was here though he travelled by land and by sea | B |
| My son who could trample on fear my babe who was moulded in me | B |
| As I sat in the darkness it seemed I could still feel his touch on my head | C |
| He came in the night as I dreamed and he knelt at the side of my bed | C |
| He murmured the words I had taught when his lips were the lips of a child | D |
| Ere the strength of his arm had been bought and the love that upheld him defiled | D |
| Then my faltering spirit grew bold and my heart had forgotten its drouth | E |
| And I crooned little songs as of old till I woke at his kiss on my mouth | E |
| Now waking and sleeping are pain Nevermore will he kiss nevermore | F |
| Shall I hear his low whistle again at the gate or his step on the floor | F |
| For to night he was here while I slept and this is the end of it all | G |
| Now that welter of darkness has swept us apart can he come if I call | G |
| Can he come little chap with the eyes that brought light out of heaven to earth | E |
| Can he come though the soul of me cries for the joy that I bought by his birth | E |
| I can see but the horror that bids the heart of the mother despair | H |
| The vision that burns on my lids the face that will always be there | H |
| For he holds out his hands to me red and his eyes tell the truth as he stands | I |
| He is dead He is dead He is dead He is dead with the blood on his hands | I |
John Le Gay Brereton
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