An Exhortation To Gentleness Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABA CDEC FGHF IIJI| You who are strong and do not know the need | A |
| That weaker spirits feel but do not plead | A |
| The need to lean on someone who is strong | B |
| Oh see you give their silent want good heed | A |
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| Be not so busy with your own career | C |
| However noble that you cannot hear | D |
| The sighs of those who look to you for help | E |
| For this is purchasing success too dear | C |
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| Many strong men and good I see so bent | F |
| Upon their own souls' high development | G |
| That they have only scorn or tolerance | H |
| To give to those who are not thus intent | F |
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| Yet who can answer that it is not true | I |
| That those weak souls who spare where blame is due | I |
| And smile because too gentle to be stern | J |
| Are not more needed in the world than you | I |
Alice Duer Miller
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