The Nameless Grave Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBCDD EFEFGG| WRITTEN IN COVE CHURCH YARD AND OCCASIONED BY OBSERVING MY OWN SHADOW THROWN ACROSS A GRAVE | A |
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| Tell me thou grassy mound | B |
| What dost thou cover | C |
| In thy folds hast thou bound | B |
| Soldier or lover | C |
| Time o'er the turf no memorial is keeping | D |
| Who in this lone grave forgotten is sleeping | D |
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| The sun's westward ray | E |
| A dark shadow has thrown | F |
| On this dwelling of clay | E |
| And the shade is thine own | F |
| From dust and oblivion this stern lesson borrow | G |
| Thou art living to day and forgotten to morrow | G |
Susanna Moodie
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