Lament For Sean Macdermott Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAC DEDE FGFG| They have slain you Sean MacDermott never more these eyes will greet | A |
| The eyes beloved by women and the smile that true men loved | B |
| Never more I'll hear the stick tap and the gay and limping feet | A |
| They have slain you Sean the Gentle Sean the valiant Sean the proved | C |
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| Have you scorn for us who linger here behind you Sean the wise | D |
| As you look about and greet your comrades in the strange new dawn | E |
| So one says but saying wrongs you for doubt never dimmed your eyes | D |
| And not death itself could make those lips of yours grow bitter Sean | E |
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| As your stick goes tapping down the heavenly pavement Sean my friend | F |
| That is not your way of thinking generous tender wise and brave | G |
| We who knew and loved and trusted you are trusted to the end | F |
| And your hand even now grips mine as though there never were a grave | G |
Seumas O'sullivan
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