Bereavement Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBBCCCBDEDEBBBF| How stern are the woes of the desolate mourner | A |
| As he bends in still grief o'er the hallowed bier | B |
| As enanguished he turns from the laugh of the scorner | B |
| And drops to perfection's remembrance a tear | B |
| When floods of despair down his pale cheeks are streaming | C |
| When no blissful hope on his bosom is beaming | C |
| Or if lulled for a while soon he starts from his dreaming | C |
| And finds torn the soft ties to affection so dear | B |
| Ah when shall day dawn on the night of the grave | D |
| Or summer succeed to the winter of death | E |
| Rest awhle hapless victim and Heaven will save | D |
| The spirit that hath faded away with the breath | E |
| Eternity points in its amaranth bower | B |
| Where no clouds of fate o'er the sweet prospect lour | B |
| Unspeakable pleasure of goodness the dower | B |
| When woe fades away like the mist of the heath | F |
Percy Bysshe Shelley
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