Dirge Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAAAAAA BCBCAAA DEDEFFF AAAAEEA GAGAHHI JKJKLLM| Place this bunch of mignonette | A |
| In her cold dead hand | A |
| When the golden sun is set | A |
| Where the poplars stand | A |
| Bury her from sun and day | A |
| Lay my little love away | A |
| From my sight | A |
| - | |
| She was like a modest flower | B |
| Blown in sunny June | C |
| Warm as sun at noon's high hour | B |
| Chaster than the moon | C |
| Ah her day was brief and bright | A |
| Earth has lost a star of light | A |
| She is dead | A |
| - | |
| Softly breathe her name to me | D |
| Ah I loved her so | E |
| Gentle let your tribute be | D |
| None may better know | E |
| Her true worth than I who weep | F |
| O'er her as she lies asleep | F |
| Soft asleep | F |
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| Lay these lilies on her breast | A |
| They are not more white | A |
| Than the soul of her at rest | A |
| 'Neath their petals bright | A |
| Chant your aves soft and low | E |
| Solemn be your tread and slow | E |
| She is dead | A |
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| Lay her here beneath the grass | G |
| Cool and green and sweet | A |
| Where the gentle brook may pass | G |
| Crooning at her feet | A |
| Nature's bards shall come and sing | H |
| And the fairest flowers shall spring | H |
| Where she lies | I |
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| Safe above the water's swirl | J |
| She has crossed the bar | K |
| Earth has lost a precious pearl | J |
| Heaven has gained a star | K |
| That shall ever sing and shine | L |
| Till it quells this grief of mine | L |
| For my love | M |
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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