No Message Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJIJ KLKM NONO PQPQ| She heard the story of the end | A |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Each message too she heard | B |
| And there was one for every friend | A |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp For her alone no word | B |
| - | |
| And shall she bear a heavier heart | C |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp And deem his love was fled | D |
| Because his soul from earth could part | C |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Leaving her name unsaid | D |
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| No No Though neither sign nor sound | E |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp A parting thought expressed | F |
| Not heedless passed the Homeward Bound | E |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Of her he loved the best | F |
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| Of voyage perils bravely borne | G |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp He would not tell the tale | H |
| Of shattered planks and canvas torn | G |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp And war with wind and gale | H |
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| He waited till the light house star | I |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Should rise against the sky | J |
| And from the mainland looming far | I |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp The forest scents blow by | J |
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| He hoped to tell assurance sweet | K |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp That pain and grief were o'er | L |
| What blessings haste the soul to meet | K |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Ere yet within the door | M |
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| Then one farewell he thought to speak | N |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp When all the rest were past | O |
| As in the parting hour we seek | N |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp The dearest hand the last | O |
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| And while for this delaying but | P |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp To see Heaven's opening Gate | Q |
| Lo it received him and was shut | P |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Ere he could say I wait | Q |
Mary Hannay Foott
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