Read the stanzas. from “ah, are you digging on my grave? ” “ah, are you digging on my grave my loved one? —planting rue? ” —“no: yesterday he went to wed one of the brightest wealth has bred. ‘it cannot hurt her now,’ he said, ‘that i should not be true.’” “then who is digging on my grave? my nearest dearest kin? ” —“ah, no: they sit and think, ‘what use! what good will planting flowers produce? no tendance of her mound can loose her spirit from death’s gin.’” “but some one digs upon my grave? my enemy? —prodding sly? ” —“nay: when she heard you had passed the gate that shuts on all flesh soon or late, she thought you no more worth her hate, and cares not where you lie.” what pattern develops in these first three stanzas of “ah, are you digging on my grave”? one stanza begs for an object and the next stanza describes it. each stanza begins with a question and ends with an answer and explanation. one stanza makes an appeal and the next stanza rejects it. each stanza opens with a description and ends with a simile or metaphor.