In Memoriam E.b.e Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDCDEFGHIJKKLMNLOO PQQR STTUSVWXWX YYZNNZA2B2B2C2C2ID2 E2F2E2JG2G2HIH2I2J2I 2K2L2M2N2O2P2N2Q2Q2Q 2Q2Q2Q2 R2S2S2T2R2Q2HU2Q2Q2V 2W2W2 R2R2Q2Q2Q2Q2Q2X2Q2X2 Q2 Y2Y2Z2A3Q2Q2S2B3 R2R2C3C3FFQ2Q2FFQ2Q2| I mourn upon this battle field | A |
| But not for those who perished here | B |
| Behold the river bank | C |
| Whither the angry farmers came | D |
| In sloven dress and broken rank | C |
| Nor thought of fame | D |
| Their deed of blood | E |
| All mankind praise | F |
| Even the serene Reason says | G |
| It was well done | H |
| The wise and simple have one glance | I |
| To greet yon stern head stone | J |
| Which more of pride than pity gave | K |
| To mark the Briton's friendless grave | K |
| Yet it is a stately tomb | L |
| The grand return | M |
| Of eve and morn | N |
| The year's fresh bloom | L |
| The silver cloud | O |
| Might grace the dust that is most proud | O |
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| Yet not of these I muse | P |
| In this ancestral place | Q |
| But of a kindred face | Q |
| That never joy or hope shall here diffuse | R |
| - | |
| Ah brother of the brief but blazing star | S |
| What hast thou to do with these | T |
| Haunting this bank's historic trees | T |
| Thou born for noblest life | U |
| For action's field for victor's car | S |
| Thou living champion of the right | V |
| To these their penalty belonged | W |
| I grudge not these their bed of death | X |
| But thine to thee who never wronged | W |
| The poorest that drew breath | X |
| - | |
| All inborn power that could | Y |
| Consist with homage to the good | Y |
| Flamed from his martial eye | Z |
| He who seemed a soldier born | N |
| He should have the helmet worn | N |
| All friends to fend all foes defy | Z |
| Fronting foes of God and man | A2 |
| Frowning down the evil doer | B2 |
| Battling for the weak and poor | B2 |
| His from youth the leader's look | C2 |
| Gave the law which others took | C2 |
| And never poor beseeching glance | I |
| Shamed that sculptured countenance | D2 |
| - | |
| There is no record left on earth | E2 |
| Save in tablets of the heart | F2 |
| Of the rich inherent worth | E2 |
| Of the grace that on him shone | J |
| Of eloquent lips of joyful wit | G2 |
| He could not frame a word unfit | G2 |
| An act unworthy to be done | H |
| Honor prompted every glance | I |
| Honor came and sat beside him | H2 |
| In lowly cot or painful road | I2 |
| And evermore the cruel god | J2 |
| Cried Onward and the palm crown showed | I2 |
| Born for success he seemed | K2 |
| With grace to win with heart to hold | L2 |
| With shining gifts that took all eyes | M2 |
| With budding power in college halls | N2 |
| As pledged in coming days to forge | O2 |
| Weapons to guard the State or scourge | P2 |
| Tyrants despite their guards or walls | N2 |
| On his young promise Beauty smiled | Q2 |
| Drew his free homage unbeguiled | Q2 |
| And prosperous Age held out his hand | Q2 |
| And richly his large future planned | Q2 |
| And troops of friends enjoyed the tide | Q2 |
| All all was given and only health denied | Q2 |
| - | |
| I see him with superior smile | R2 |
| Hunted by Sorrow's grisly train | S2 |
| In lands remote in toil and pain | S2 |
| With angel patience labor on | T2 |
| With the high port he wore erewhile | R2 |
| When foremost of the youthful band | Q2 |
| The prizes in all lists he won | H |
| Nor bate one jot of heart or hope | U2 |
| And least of all the loyal tie | Q2 |
| Which holds to home 'neath every sky | Q2 |
| The joy and pride the pilgrim feels | V2 |
| In hearts which round the hearth at home | W2 |
| Keep pulse for pulse with those who roam | W2 |
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| What generous beliefs console | R2 |
| The brave whom Fate denies the goal | R2 |
| If others reach it is content | Q2 |
| To Heaven's high will his will is bent | Q2 |
| Firm on his heart relied | Q2 |
| What lot soe'er betide | Q2 |
| Work of his hand | Q2 |
| He nor repents nor grieves | X2 |
| Pleads for itself the fact | Q2 |
| As unrepenting Nature leaves | X2 |
| Her every act | Q2 |
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| Fell the bolt on the branching oak | Y2 |
| The rainbow of his hope was broke | Y2 |
| No craven cry no secret tear | Z2 |
| He told no pang he knew no fear | A3 |
| Its peace sublime his aspect kept | Q2 |
| His purpose woke his features slept | Q2 |
| And yet between the spasms of pain | S2 |
| His genius beamed with joy again | B3 |
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| O'er thy rich dust the endless smile | R2 |
| Of Nature in thy Spanish isle | R2 |
| Hints never loss or cruel break | C3 |
| And sacrifice for love's dear sake | C3 |
| Nor mourn the unalterable Days | F |
| That Genius goes and Folly stays | F |
| What matters how or from what ground | Q2 |
| The freed soul its Creator found | Q2 |
| Alike thy memory embalms | F |
| That orange grove that isle of palms | F |
| And these loved banks whose oak bough bold | Q2 |
| Root in the blood of heroes old | Q2 |
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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