Poet Rudyard Kipling

Rudyard Kipling

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The Burden Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABACDEDF GHGHEFDF BHBHDEDF IHIHJHKH

One grief on me is laidA
Each day of every yearB
Wherein no soul can aidA
Whereof no soul can hearC
Whereto no end is seenD
Except to grieve againE
Ah Mary MagdaleneD
Where is there greater painF
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To dream on dear disgraceG
Each hour of every dayH
To bring no honest faceG
To aught I do or sayH
To lie from morn till e'enE
To know my lies are vainF
Ah Mary MagdaleneD
Where can be greater painF
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To watch my steadfast fearB
Attend mine every wayH
Each day of every yearB
Each hour of every dayH
To burn and chill betweenD
To quake and rage againE
Ah Mary MagdaleneD
Where shall be greater painF
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One grave to me was givenI
To guard till Judgment DayH
But God looked down from HeavenI
And rolled the Stone awayH
One day of all my yearsJ
One hour of that one dayH
His Angel saw my tearsK
And rolled the Stone awayH

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