In Memoriam. - Miss Jane Penelope Whiting, Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDC EFGF HIJK LMNM OPQP RSES TUVU| Died at Portland Connecticut January st | A |
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| I think of her unfolding prime | B |
| Her childhood bright and fair | C |
| The speaking eye the earnest smile | D |
| The dark and lustrous hair | C |
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| The fondness by a Mother's side | E |
| To cling with docile mind | F |
| Fast in the only sister's hand | G |
| Her own forever twined | F |
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| The candor of her trustful youth | H |
| The heart that freshly wove | I |
| Sweet garlands even from thorn clad bowers | J |
| Because it dwelt in love | K |
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| The stainless life whose truth and grace | L |
| Made each beholder see | M |
| The gladness of a spirit tuned | N |
| To heavenly harmony | M |
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| But when this fair New Year looked forth | O |
| Over the old one's grave | P |
| While bridal pleasures neath her roof | Q |
| Their bright infusion gave | P |
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| Upon the lightning's wing there came | R |
| A message none might stay | S |
| An angel standing at her side | E |
| To bear the soul away | S |
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| For us was sorrow's startling shock | T |
| The tear the loss the pain | U |
| For her the uncomputed bliss | V |
| Of never ending gain | U |
Lydia Howard Sigourney
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