Epitaph Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD EEFF| No matter how he toil and strive | A |
| The fate of every man alive | A |
| With luck will be to lie alone | B |
| His empty name cut in a stone | B |
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| Grim time the fairest fame will flout | C |
| But though his name be blotted out | C |
| And he forgotten with his peers | D |
| His stone may wear a year of years | D |
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| No matter how we sow and reap | E |
| The end of all is endless sleep | E |
| From strife a merciful release | F |
| From life the crowning prize of Peace | F |
Robert Service
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