I Shall Not Burn Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABB CDCDD EFEFF GHGHH IJ| I have done with love and lust | A |
| I reck not for gold or fame | B |
| I await familiar dust | A |
| These frail fingers to reclaim | B |
| Not for me the tiger flame | B |
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| Not for me the furnace glow | C |
| Rage of fire and ashen doom | D |
| To sweet earth my bones bestow | C |
| Where above a lowly tomb | D |
| January roses bloom | D |
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| Fools and fools and fools are you | E |
| Who your dears to fires confide | F |
| Give to Mother Earth her due | E |
| Flesh may waste but bone will bide | F |
| Let loved ones lie side by side | F |
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| Let God's Acre ever dream | G |
| Shed your tears and blossoms bring | H |
| On age burnished bone will gleam | G |
| Crucifix and wedding ring | H |
| Graves are for sweet comforting | H |
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| Curst be those who my remains | I |
| Hurl to horror of the flames | J |
Robert Service
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