Death Of A Poet Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGD HICCHJKLMA N| Laid now on his smooth bed | A |
| For the last time watching dully | B |
| Through heavy eyelids the day's colour | C |
| Widow the sky what can he say | D |
| Worthy of record the books all open | E |
| Pens ready the faces sad | F |
| Waiting gravely for the tired lips | G |
| To move once what can he say | D |
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| His tongue wrestles to force one word | H |
| Past the thick phlegm no speech no phrases | I |
| For the day's news just the one word sorry' | C |
| Sorry for the lies for the long failure | C |
| In the poet's war that he preferred | H |
| The easier rhythms of the heart | J |
| To the mind's scansion that now he dies | K |
| Intestate having nothing to leave | L |
| But a few songs cold as stones | M |
| In the thin hands that asked for bread | A |
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| Submitted by Andrew Mayers | N |
Ronald Stuart Thomas
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