Doing Nothing Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBADEDAFGFHIGIJKJK ALJLMGNGJOAO| WITH the sorrow on me | A |
| Neighbours come and go | B |
| Think me vain and foolish | C |
| Nursing up my woe | B |
| With the grief blade in me | A |
| Keen and chill as steel | D |
| Can I laugh like others | E |
| Feel the joy they feel | D |
| Since he died and left me | A |
| Things don't matter much | F |
| Life that danced and capered | G |
| Limps upon a crutch | F |
| Night and day I ponder | H |
| Drawing weary breath | I |
| Since to love we're moulded | G |
| Why should there be death | I |
| Night and day I'm asking | J |
| Him Who dwells above | K |
| Since to death we're going | J |
| Why should there be love | K |
| When he kissed and left me | A |
| Oh he looked so brave | L |
| God be with him sleeping | J |
| In his far off grave | L |
| What are dress and jewels | M |
| What are meat and bread | G |
| To a lonely woman | N |
| Grieving for her dead | G |
| Wan I am with weeping | J |
| Tired of heart I sink | O |
| Doing nothing only | A |
| Trying not to think' | O |
Roderic Quinn
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