The Doctor Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IBIB JKLK MNMN GOGO APAP| He bent above our darling's bed | A |
| When her life was ebbing low | B |
| And in his serious look we read | A |
| The truth we feared to know | B |
| - | |
| We knew a slender thread was all | C |
| That held her now we saw | D |
| The dark portentous shadow fall | C |
| And near and nearer draw | D |
| - | |
| Our hopes were centred all in him | E |
| We stood with bated breath | F |
| As pitiful and calm and grim | E |
| He fought and fought with Death | F |
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| We hung upon the desperate fight | G |
| And saw in him combined | H |
| The tiger's stealth the lion's might | G |
| The man's superior mind | H |
| - | |
| We saw the fearful hate he bore | I |
| His old relentless foe | B |
| His beautiful compassion for | I |
| The one we cherished so | B |
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| No mortal ever waged alone | J |
| A conflict so severe | K |
| The high souled stainless champion | L |
| Finds heavenly succor near | K |
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| Legions of angels to his aid | M |
| His pure devotion brought | N |
| Celestial strength his spirit swayed | M |
| 'Twas Life that in him fought | N |
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| The awful stillness of the night | G |
| The long and bitter hours | O |
| It seemed that Time had stayed his flight | G |
| To watch the battling pow'rs | O |
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| And ere the ghastly night had fled | A |
| He conquered in the strife | P |
| And gently took the slender thread | A |
| And drew her back to life | P |
W. M. Mackeracher
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