The Great Misgiving Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CAD EFEF AAAA GHGH| 'Not ours ' say some 'the thought of death to dread | A |
| Asking no heaven we fear no fabled hell | B |
| Life is a feast and we have banqueted | A |
| Shall not the worms as well | B |
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| 'The after silence when the feast is o'er | C |
| And void the places where the minstrels stood | A |
| Differs in nought from what hath been before | D |
| And is nor ill nor good ' | - |
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| Ah but the Apparition the dumb sign | E |
| The beckoning finger bidding me forgo | F |
| The fellowship the converse and the wine | E |
| The songs the festal glow | F |
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| And ah to know not while with friends I sit | A |
| And while the purple joy is pass'd about | A |
| Whether 'tis ampler day divinelier lit | A |
| Or homeless night without | A |
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| And whether stepping forth my soul shall see | G |
| New prospects or fall sheer a blinded thing | H |
| There is O grave thy hourly victory | G |
| And there O death thy sting | H |
William Watson
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