Hidden Sorrows Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCDC EFEFGGDC HIHIJJDC| For some the river of life would seem | A |
| Free from the shallow the reef or bar | B |
| As they gently glide down the silvery stream | A |
| With scarcely a ripple a lurch or jar | B |
| But under the surface calm and fair | C |
| Lurk the hidden snags and the secret care | C |
| The waters are deepest where still and clear | D |
| And the sternest anguish forbids a tear | C |
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| For others the pathway of life is strewn | E |
| With many a thorn for each rose or bud | F |
| And their journey o'er mountain o'er moor and dune | E |
| Can be plainly tracked by footprints of blood | F |
| But deeper still lies the hidden smart | G |
| Of some secret sorrow which gnaws the heart | G |
| And rankles under a surface clear | D |
| For the sternest anguish forbids a tear | C |
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| But when the journey's end we see | H |
| At the bar of the Judge of quick and dead | I |
| The cross which the one bore silently | H |
| May outweigh his of the bloodstained tread | I |
| The cross unseen and the cross of light | J |
| May balance in that Judge's sight | J |
| O'er the heart that is breaking a smile may appear | D |
| For the sternest anguish forbids a tear | C |
Alfred Castner King
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