The Voiceless Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGHGH IJIKLMLM| WE count the broken lyres that rest | A |
| Where the sweet wailing singers slumber | B |
| But o'er their silent sister's breast | A |
| The wild flowers who will stoop to number | B |
| A few can touch the magic string | C |
| And noisy Fame is proud to win them | D |
| Alas for those that never sing | C |
| But die with all their music in them | D |
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| Nay grieve not for the dead alone | E |
| Whose song has told their hearts' sad story | F |
| Weep for the voiceless who have known | E |
| The cross without the crown of glory | F |
| Not where Leucadian breezes sweep | G |
| O'er Sappho's memory haunted billow | H |
| But where the glistening night dews weep | G |
| On nameless sorrow's churchyard pillow | H |
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| O hearts that break and give no sign | I |
| Save whitening lip and fading tresses | J |
| Till Death pours out his longed for wine | I |
| Slow dropped from Misery's crushing presses | K |
| If singing breath or echoing chord | L |
| To every hidden pang were given | M |
| What endless melodies were poured | L |
| As sad as earth as sweet as heaven | M |
Oliver Wendell Holmes
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