If I Should Die Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGHGIf I should die and leave you | A |
Be not like the others quick undone | B |
Who keep long vigils by the silent | C |
dust and weep | D |
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For my sake turn to life and smile | E |
Nerving thy heart and trembling | F |
hand to comfort weaker souls than thee | G |
Complete these unfinished tasks of mine | H |
And I perchance may therein comfort thee | G |
Thomas Gray
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