Little Nell Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHIH JKKK LMNM OPQP RSTS PUVU WXYZ KA2B2A2 C2KKK D2BKB E2ENE WF2RF2 KG2K SEDEGLEAMING through the silent church yard | A |
Winter sunlight seemed to shed | B |
Golden shadows like soft blessings | C |
O'er a quiet little bed | B |
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Where a pale face lay unheeding | D |
Tender tears that o'er it fell | E |
No sorrow now could touch the heart | F |
Of gentle little Nell | E |
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Ah with what silent patient strength | G |
The frail form lying there | H |
Had borne its heavy load of grief | I |
Of loneliness and care | H |
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Now earthly burdens were laid down | J |
And on the meek young face | K |
There shone a holier loveliness | K |
Than childhood's simple grace | K |
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Beset with sorrow pain and fear | L |
Tempted by want and sin | M |
With none to guide or counsel her | N |
But the brave child heart within | M |
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Strong in her fearless faithful love | O |
Devoted to the last | P |
Unfaltering through gloom and gleam | Q |
The little wanderer passed | P |
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Hand in hand they journeyed on | R |
Through pathways strange and wild | S |
The gray haired feeble sin bowed man | T |
Led by the noble child | S |
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So through the world's dark ways she passed | P |
Till o'er the church yard sod | U |
To the quiet spot where they found rest | V |
Those little feet had trod | U |
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To that last resting place on earth | W |
Kind voices bid her come | X |
There her long wanderings found an end | Y |
And weary Nell a home | Z |
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A home whose light and joy she was | K |
Though on her spirit lay | A2 |
A solemn sense of coming change | B2 |
That deepened day by day | A2 |
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There in the church yard tenderly | C2 |
Through quiet summer hours | K |
Above the poor neglected graves | K |
She planted fragrant flowers | K |
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The dim aisles of the ruined church | D2 |
Echoed the child's light tread | B |
And flickering sunbeams thro' the leaves | K |
Shone on her as she read | B |
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And here where a holy silence dwelt | E2 |
And golden shadows fell | E |
When Death's mild face had looked on her | N |
They laid dear happy Nell | E |
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Long had she wandered o'er the earth | W |
One hand to the old man given | F2 |
By the other angels led her on | R |
Up a sunlit path to Heaven | F2 |
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Oh 'patient loving noble Nell ' | - |
Like light from sunset skies | K |
The beauty of thy sinless life | G2 |
Upon the dark world lies | K |
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On thy sad story gentle child | S |
Dim eyes will often dwell | E |
And loving hearts will cherish long | D |
The memory of Nell | E |
Louisa May Alcott
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