The Skeleton In The Dogwood Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCCD EFGH IJKL MNOP| Watauga County | A |
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| Two lovers out walking found | B |
| more than spring's promised blessing | C |
| on new beginnings hanging | C |
| in a dogwood tree's branches | D |
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| No friend or kin claimed those bones | E |
| The high sheriff came Foul play | F |
| he was sure but how or why | G |
| he found no answers so stayed | H |
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| to help break the ground help haul | I |
| a flat rock out of the creek | J |
| sprinkle some dirt some God words | K |
| then left for more recent crimes | L |
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| The lovers wed that winter | M |
| On their marriage night they dreamed | N |
| of bouquets of spring flowers | O |
| blooming in a dead man's hand | P |
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