To A Young Poet Who Killed Himself Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGHGH CICIJBJB KHKHLMLM| When you had played with life a space | A |
| And made it drink and lust and sing | B |
| You flung it back into God's face | A |
| And thought you did a noble thing | B |
| Lo I have lived and loved you said | C |
| And sung to fools too dull to hear me | D |
| Now for a cool and grassy bed | C |
| With violets in blossom near me | D |
| - | |
| Well rest is good for weary feet | E |
| Although they ran for no great prize | F |
| And violets are very sweet | E |
| Although their roots are in your eyes | F |
| But hark to what the earthworms say | G |
| Who share with you your muddy haven | H |
| The fight was on you ran away | G |
| You are a coward and a craven | H |
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| The rug is ruined where you bled | C |
| It was a dirty way to die | I |
| To put a bullet through your head | C |
| And make a silly woman cry | I |
| You could not vex the merry stars | J |
| Nor make them heed you dead or living | B |
| Not all your puny anger mars | J |
| God's irresistible forgiving | B |
| - | |
| Yes God forgives and men forget | K |
| And you're forgiven and forgotten | H |
| You might be gaily sinning yet | K |
| And quick and fresh instead of rotten | H |
| And when you think of love and fame | L |
| And all that might have come to pass | M |
| Then don't you feel a little shame | L |
| And don't you think you were an ass | M |
Joyce Kilmer
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