To My Daughter Elizabeth Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGG HIHJ KLMM NOBBPP Q| Two flowers upon one parent stem | A |
| Together bloomed for many days | B |
| At length a storm arose and one | C |
| Was blighted and cut down at noon | D |
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| The other hath transplanted been | E |
| And flowers fair as herself hath borne | F |
| She too has felt the withering storm | G |
| Her strength's decayed wasted her form | G |
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| May he who hears the mourner's prayer | H |
| Renew her strength for years to come | I |
| Long may He our Lilly spare | H |
| Long delay to call her home | J |
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| But when the summons shall arrive | K |
| To bear this lovely flower away | L |
| Again may she transplanted be | M |
| To blossom in eternity | M |
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| There may these sisters meet again | N |
| Both freed from sorrow sin and pain | O |
| There with united voices raise | B |
| In sweet accord their hymns of praise | B |
| Eternally his name t' adore | P |
| Who died yet lives forevermore | P |
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| Weston Jan | Q |
Mary Ann H. T. Bigelow
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