Before The Tomb Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAA BBB CCC DDD CCC EEE FEF CCC GGG DDD HHH| The way went under cedared gloom | A |
| To moonlight like a cactus bloom | A |
| Before the entrance of her tomb | A |
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| I had an hour of night and thin | B |
| Sad starlight and I set my chin | B |
| Against the grating and looked in | B |
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| A gleam like moonlight through a square | C |
| Of opening I knew not where | C |
| Shone on her coffin resting there | C |
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| And on its oval silver plate | D |
| I read her name and age and date | D |
| And smiled soft thinking on my hate | D |
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| There was no insect sound to chirr | C |
| No wind to make a little stir | C |
| I stood and looked and thought on her | C |
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| The gleam stole downward from her head | E |
| Till at her feet it rested red | E |
| On Gothic gold that sadly said | E |
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| God to her love lent a weak reed | F |
| Of strength and gave no light to lead | E |
| Pray for her soul for it hath need | F |
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| There was no night bird's twitter near | C |
| No low vague water I might hear | C |
| To make a small sound in the ear | C |
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| The gleam that made a burning mark | G |
| Of each dim word died to a spark | G |
| Then left the tomb and coffin dark | G |
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| I had a little while to wait | D |
| And prayed with hands against the grate | D |
| And heart that yearned and knew too late | D |
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| There was no light below above | H |
| To point my soul the way thereof | H |
| The way of hate that led to love | H |
Madison Julius Cawein
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