To J.w. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB ACDCD AEFGEHII JKLKMK| Set not thy foot on graves | A |
| Hear what wine and roses say | B |
| The mountain chase the summer waves | A |
| The crowded town thy feet may well delay | B |
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| Set not thy foot on graves | A |
| Nor seek to unwind the shroud | C |
| Which charitable time | D |
| And nature have allowed | C |
| To wrap the errors of a sage sublime | D |
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| Set not thy foot on graves | A |
| Care not to strip the dead | E |
| Of his sad ornament | F |
| His myrrh and wine and rings | G |
| His sheet of lead | E |
| And trophies buried | H |
| Go get them where he earned them when alive | I |
| As resolutely dig or dive | I |
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| Life is too short to waste | J |
| The critic bite or cynic bark | K |
| Quarrel or reprimand | L |
| 'Twill soon be dark | K |
| Up mind thine own aim and | M |
| God speed the mark | K |
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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