Whittier Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCC DDEEE FFGGHH| Not o'er thy dust let there be spent | A |
| The gush of maudlin sentiment | B |
| Such drift as that is not for thee | C |
| Whose life and deeds and songs agree | C |
| Sublime in their simplicity | C |
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| Nor shall the sorrowing tear be shed | D |
| O singer sweet thou art not dead | D |
| In spite of time's malignant chill | E |
| With living fire thy songs shall thrill | E |
| And men shall say He liveth still | E |
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| Great poets never die for Earth | F |
| Doth count their lives of too great worth | F |
| To lose them from her treasured store | G |
| So shalt thou live for evermore | G |
| Though far thy form from mortal ken | H |
| Deep in the hearts and minds of men | H |
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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