John Kinsella's Lament For Mrs. Mary Moore Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDEFGHIJKLK A MJNJOPQRSKLK A TSRSRUVUUKUK| I | A |
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| A bloody and a sudden end | B |
| Gunshot or a noose | C |
| For Death who takes what man would keep | D |
| Leaves what man would lose | E |
| He might have had my sister | F |
| My cousins by the score | G |
| But nothing satisfied the fool | H |
| But my dear Mary Moore | I |
| None other knows what pleasures man | J |
| At table or in bed | K |
| What shall I do for pretty girls | L |
| Now my old bawd is dead | K |
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| II | A |
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| Though stiff to strike a bargain | M |
| Like an old Jew man | J |
| Her bargain struck we laughed and talked | N |
| And emptied many a can | J |
| And O but she had stories | O |
| Though not for the priest's ear | P |
| To keep the soul of man alive | Q |
| Banish age and care | R |
| And being old she put a skin | S |
| On everything she said | K |
| What shall I do for pretty girls | L |
| Now my old bawd is dead | K |
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| III | A |
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| The priests have got a book that says | T |
| But for Adam's sin | S |
| Eden's Garden would be there | R |
| And I there within | S |
| No expectation fails there | R |
| No pleasing habit ends | U |
| No man grows old no girl grows cold | V |
| But friends walk by friends | U |
| Who quarrels over halfpennies | U |
| That plucks the trees for bread | K |
| What shall I do for pretty girls | U |
| Now my old bawd is dead | K |
William Butler Yeats
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