Anna Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAC DADA EAEA FAGA HAHA IJIJ KAKA ABAB ALAL MNMN| The pale discrowned stacks of maize | A |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Like spectres in the sun | B |
| Stand shivering nigh Avonaise | A |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Where all is dead and gone | C |
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| The sere leaves make a music vain | D |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp With melancholy chords | A |
| Like cries from some old battle plain | D |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Like clash of phantom swords | A |
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| But when the maize was lush and green | E |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp With musical green waves | A |
| She went its plumed ranks between | E |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Unto the hill of graves | A |
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| There you may see sweet flowers set | F |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp O'er damsels and o'er dames | A |
| Rose Ellen Mary Margaret | G |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp The sweet old quiet names | A |
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| The gravestones show in long array | H |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Though white or green with moss | A |
| How linked in Life and Death are they | H |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp The Shamrock and the Cross | A |
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| The gravestones face the Golden East | I |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp And in the morn they take | J |
| The blessing of the Great High Priest | I |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Before the living wake | J |
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| Who was she Never ask her name | K |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Her beauty and her grace | A |
| Have passed with her poor little shame | K |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Into the Silent Place | A |
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| In Avonaise in Avonaise | A |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Where all is dead and done | B |
| The folk who rest there all their days | A |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Care not for moon or sun | B |
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| They care not when the living pass | A |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Whether they sigh or smile | L |
| They hear above their graves the grass | A |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp That sighs A little while | L |
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| A white stone marks her small green bed | M |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp With Anna and Adieu | N |
| Madonna Mary rest her head | M |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp On your dear lap of blue | N |
Victor James Daley
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