Falling Stars. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDDAEFCGGAHIHJJKL MLNNOnly a falling star | A |
What was it to him | B |
If millions of mortals were | C |
Hurled down the dim | B |
Dark void to the abyss | D |
His world was this | D |
Only a falling star | A |
The Earth was sure | E |
To outlive him at least | F |
Whatever were | C |
Their fates who yonder passed | G |
His star would last | G |
Only a falling star | A |
What if some day | H |
The Earth as in a flash | I |
Too passed away | H |
Would say a Mars man sigh | J |
As we flamed by | J |
Only a world gone out | K |
With all its care | L |
God but a speck at most | M |
In Thy great air | L |
As 'twere an insect's breath | N |
Breathed out in death | N |
Robert Crawford
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