The Funeral Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFE GBHBIJDJ KBLBHMDM| They dressed us up in black | A |
| Susan and Tom and me | B |
| And walking through the fields | C |
| All beautiful to see | B |
| With branches high in the air | D |
| And daisy and buttercup | E |
| We heard the lark in the clouds | F |
| In black dressed up | E |
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| They took us to the graves | G |
| Susan and Tom and me | B |
| Where the long grasses grow | H |
| And the funeral tree | B |
| We stood and watched and the wind | I |
| Came softly out of the sky | J |
| And blew in Susan's hair | D |
| As I stood close by | J |
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| Back through the fields we came | K |
| Tom and Susan and me | B |
| And we sat in the nursery together | L |
| And had our tea | B |
| And looking out of the window | H |
| I heard the thrushes sing | M |
| But Tom fell asleep in his chair | D |
| He was so tired poor thing | M |
Walter De La Mare
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