Stars Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCC DDEE FFGG HHII| For the Rev James J Daly S J | A |
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| Bright stars yellow stars flashing through the air | B |
| Are you errant strands of Lady Mary's hair | B |
| As she slits the cloudy veil and bends down through | C |
| Do you fall across her cheeks and over heaven too | C |
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| Gay stars little stars you are little eyes | D |
| Eyes of baby angels playing in the skies | D |
| Now and then a winged child turns his merry face | E |
| Down toward the spinning world what a funny place | E |
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| Jesus Christ came from the Cross Christ receive my soul | F |
| In each perfect hand and foot there was a bloody hole | F |
| Four great iron spikes there were red and never dry | G |
| Michael plucked them from the Cross and set them in the sky | G |
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| Christ's Troop Mary's Guard God's own men | H |
| Draw your swords and strike at Hell and strike again | H |
| Every steel born spark that flies where God's battles are | I |
| Flashes past the face of God and is a star | I |
Joyce Kilmer
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