The Burial Of The Linnet Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD AEAE FGFG ABAB| Found in the garden dead in his beauty | A |
| Ah that a linnet should die in the spring | B |
| Bury him comrades in pitiful duty | A |
| Muffle the dinner bell solemnly ring | B |
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| Bury him kindly up in the corner | C |
| Bird beast and gold fish are sepulchred there | D |
| Bid the black kitten march as chief mourner | C |
| Waving her tail like a plume in the air | D |
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| Bury him nobly next to the donkey | A |
| Fetch the old banner and wave it about | E |
| Bury him deeply think of the monkey | A |
| Shallow his grave and the dogs got him out | E |
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| Bury him softly white wool around him | F |
| Kiss his poor feathers the first kiss and last | G |
| Tell his poor widow kind friends have found him | F |
| Plant his poor grave with whatever grows fast | G |
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| Farewell sweet singer dead in thy beauty | A |
| Silent through summer though other birds sing | B |
| Bury him comrades in pitiful duty | A |
| Muffle the dinner bell mournfully ring | B |
Juliana Horatia Ewing
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