Little Nell Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHIH JKKK LMNM OPQP RSTS PUVU WXYZ KA2B2A2 C2KKK D2BKB E2ENE WF2RF2 KG2K SEDE

GLEAMING through the silent church yardA
Winter sunlight seemed to shedB
Golden shadows like soft blessingsC
O'er a quiet little bedB
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Where a pale face lay unheedingD
Tender tears that o'er it fellE
No sorrow now could touch the heartF
Of gentle little NellE
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Ah with what silent patient strengthG
The frail form lying thereH
Had borne its heavy load of griefI
Of loneliness and careH
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Now earthly burdens were laid downJ
And on the meek young faceK
There shone a holier lovelinessK
Than childhood's simple graceK
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Beset with sorrow pain and fearL
Tempted by want and sinM
With none to guide or counsel herN
But the brave child heart withinM
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Strong in her fearless faithful loveO
Devoted to the lastP
Unfaltering through gloom and gleamQ
The little wanderer passedP
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Hand in hand they journeyed onR
Through pathways strange and wildS
The gray haired feeble sin bowed manT
Led by the noble childS
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So through the world's dark ways she passedP
Till o'er the church yard sodU
To the quiet spot where they found restV
Those little feet had trodU
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To that last resting place on earthW
Kind voices bid her comeX
There her long wanderings found an endY
And weary Nell a homeZ
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A home whose light and joy she wasK
Though on her spirit layA2
A solemn sense of coming changeB2
That deepened day by dayA2
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There in the church yard tenderlyC2
Through quiet summer hoursK
Above the poor neglected gravesK
She planted fragrant flowersK
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The dim aisles of the ruined churchD2
Echoed the child's light treadB
And flickering sunbeams thro' the leavesK
Shone on her as she readB
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And here where a holy silence dweltE2
And golden shadows fellE
When Death's mild face had looked on herN
They laid dear happy NellE
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Long had she wandered o'er the earthW
One hand to the old man givenF2
By the other angels led her onR
Up a sunlit path to HeavenF2
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Oh 'patient loving noble Nell '-
Like light from sunset skiesK
The beauty of thy sinless lifeG2
Upon the dark world liesK
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On thy sad story gentle childS
Dim eyes will often dwellE
And loving hearts will cherish longD
The memory of NellE

Louisa May Alcott



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