The Closed Door Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABBCBDEFCFFGFGGHGH HFHF| SHUT it out of the heart this grief | A |
| O Love with the years grown old and hoary | B |
| And let in joy that life is brief | A |
| And give God thanks for the end of the story | B |
| The bond of the flesh is transitory | B |
| And beauty goes with the lapse of years | C |
| The brow's white rose and the hair's dark glory | B |
| God be thanked for the severing shears | D |
| Over the past Heart waste no tears | E |
| Over the past and all its madness | F |
| Its wine and wormwood hopes and fears | C |
| That never were worth a moment's sadness | F |
| Here she lies who was part o' its gladness | F |
| Wife and mistress and shared its woe | G |
| The good of life as well as its badness | F |
| Look on her face and see if you know | G |
| Is this the face yea ask it slow | G |
| The hair the form that we used to cherish | H |
| Where is the glory of long ago | G |
| The beauty we said would never perish | H |
| Like a dream we dream or a thought we nourish | H |
| Nothing of earth immortal is | F |
| This is the end however we flourish | H |
| All that is fair must come to this | F |
Madison Julius Cawein
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