On The Death Of W C Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCABC DCECFF GHGH IJKKLLL| Thou arrant robber Death | A |
| Couldst thou not find | B |
| Some lesser one than he | C |
| To rob of breath | A |
| Some poorer mind | B |
| Thy prey to be | C |
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| His mind was like the sky | D |
| As pure and free | C |
| His heart was broad and open | E |
| As the sea | C |
| His soul shone purely through his face | F |
| And Love made him her dwelling place | F |
| - | |
| Not less the scholar than the friend | G |
| Not less a friend than man | H |
| The manly life did shorter end | G |
| Because so broad it ran | H |
| - | |
| Weep not for him unhappy Muse | I |
| His merits found a grander use | J |
| Some other where God wisely sees | K |
| The place that needs his qualities | K |
| Weep not for him for when Death lowers | L |
| O'er youth's ambrosia scented bowers | L |
| He only plucks the choicest flowers | L |
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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