The Clay Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BB CC DD EE FF GG| When I cast my slough of clay | A |
| Put it quietly away | A |
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| Let no bloom untimely fade | B |
| Where my empty heart is laid | B |
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| Ask no folk to crowd around | C |
| With an air of woe profound | C |
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| Those who love me know that I | D |
| Cannot in a coffin lie | D |
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| Let them go where'er they will | E |
| Dreaming of me living still | E |
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| Let no formal words be said | F |
| Customary for the dead | F |
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| Plant no stone above the pit | G |
| Let the grass run over it | G |
John Le Gay Brereton
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