The Ways Of Death Are Soothing And Serene Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBC ABAB ABBAAThe ways of Death are soothing and serene | A |
And all the words of Death are grave and sweet | B |
From camp and church the fireside and the street | B |
She beckons forth and strife and song have been | C |
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A summer night descending cool and green | A |
And dark on daytime s dust and stress and heat | B |
The ways of death are soothing and serene | A |
And all the words of Death are grave and sweet | B |
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O glad and sorrowful with triumphant mien | A |
And radiant faces look upon and greet | B |
This last of all your lovers and to meet | B |
The kiss the Comforter s your spirit lean | A |
The ways of Death are soothing and serene | A |
William Ernest Henley
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