To-day Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CBCB DBDB EBEB FBFB GBGB HBHB IBI JBJ| I saw a man who knelt in prayer | A |
| And heard him say | B |
| 'I'll lay my inmost spirit bare | A |
| To day | B |
| - | |
| 'Lord for to morrow and its need | C |
| I do not pray | B |
| Let me upon my neighbor feed | C |
| To day | B |
| - | |
| 'Let me my duty duly shirk | D |
| And run away | B |
| From any form or phase of work | D |
| To day | B |
| - | |
| 'From Thy commands exempted still | E |
| Let me obey | B |
| The promptings of my private will | E |
| To day | B |
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| 'Let me no word profane no lie | F |
| Unthinking say | B |
| If anyone is standing by | F |
| To day | B |
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| 'My secret sins and vices grave | G |
| Let none betray | B |
| The scoffer's jeers I do not crave | G |
| To day | B |
| - | |
| 'And if to day my fortune all | H |
| Should ebb away | B |
| Help me on other men's to fall | H |
| To day | B |
| - | |
| 'So for to morrow and its mite | I |
| I do not pray | B |
| Just give me everything in sight | I |
| To day ' | - |
| - | |
| I cried 'Amen ' He rose and ran | J |
| Like oil away | B |
| I said 'I've seen an honest man | J |
| To day ' | - |
Ambrose Bierce
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