The Mosses Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDD EEFFGGHH IIJJKKLL| Exquisite mosses so lovely and green | A |
| Covering the rocks with emerald sheen | A |
| Hiding the scars which convulsions have made | B |
| Blessing the mound where our angel was laid | B |
| Forming a carpet on which we may tread | C |
| Clothing with beauty the rotten and dead | C |
| Sheathing from storm blasts the young forest tree | D |
| Beautiful mosses examples for me | D |
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| Trod under foot by all kinds of men | E |
| Gracing the mountain or hid in the fen | E |
| Never adorning the brow of the fair | F |
| Seldom deemed worthy some corner to share | F |
| In the bouquets that are cast in the way | G |
| Princely feet tread on reception's proud day | G |
| The glory of roses do not attain | H |
| Beautiful mosses ye grow not in vain | H |
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| Answer the end by your Maker designed | I |
| Humble your bloom but your mission is kind | I |
| Those will most prize you who knew you the best | J |
| Cover me o'er when I lie down to rest | J |
| Cover likewise in the marble my name | K |
| Hiding forever that index of shame | K |
| But tell to the world as life he passed through | L |
| He covered some scars and aimed to be true | L |
Joseph Horatio Chant
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