The Burial: In Memory Of W.l.e. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCDEFEFGG| What task is this that so unnerves me now | A |
| When pity should be dead and has been dead | B |
| Unloose that sheet from round the pierced brow | A |
| What matter blood is seen for blood is red | B |
| And red s the colour of the clammy earth | C |
| Be not so solemn There s no need to pray | D |
| But rather smile yea laugh If pure thy mirth | C |
| Is right He laughed himself but yesterday | D |
| That pay book Take it from him Ours a debt | E |
| No gold can ever pay That cross of wood | F |
| About his neck That must remain and yet | E |
| He needs it no because his heart was good | F |
| We ll house him neath those broken shrubs dig deep | G |
| He s tired God knows and needs a little sleep | G |
Leon Gellert
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