The Week Of Diana Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B C D E F G H H I H J K L M N O H P K Q R S D| The dark lantern of world sadness has cast its shadow upon the land | A |
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| We stumble into our misery on leaden feet | B |
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| Our minds seek to comprehend the unknowable and our hearts seek to | C |
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| Measure a tomorrow without the Sunshine Princess | D |
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| Her hands which had held bright tiaras and jewelled crowns | E |
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| Also stroked the faces of pain along | F |
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| Angola's dusty roads | G |
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| She was born to the privilege of plenty | H |
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| Yet she communed with the needy without a show of pompous piety | H |
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| Glowing in Bosnia radiant at glittering balls | I |
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| We came to love her and claim her for her grace and accessibility | H |
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| Luminous always | J |
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| We smiled to see her enter and grinned at her happiness | K |
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| Now the world we made is forever changed | L |
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| Made smaller meaner less colorful | M |
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| Yet because she did live | N |
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| Because she ventured life and confronted change | O |
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| She has left us a legacy | H |
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| We also may dare | P |
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| To care for some other than ourselves and those who look like us | K |
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| And maybe we can take a lesson from her | Q |
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| And try to live our lives | R |
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| With passion compassion humor and grace | S |
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| Goodbye Sunshine Princess | D |
Maya Angelou
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