Poem For A Christmas Broadcast Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIII JKLFFE JMMFFH JDDFFN EOHPP EQRRSSTTHHLLRRUUEE| Woman s Voice | A |
| Perhaps you find the angel most improbable | B |
| It spoke to men asleep their minds ajar | C |
| For once to admit the entrance of a stranger | D |
| Few have heard voices but all have made a journey | E |
| The mind moves desiring dedication | F |
| Desiring to lay its gifts as a dog its bone | G |
| At the feet of the first creation 'Take it or leave it' | H |
| Says pride 'You made it You must bear the blame ' | I |
| But secretly the heart 'O make it good ' | I |
| 'Either God acts in vain or this is God ' | I |
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| st King | J |
| Melchior brings gold O teach me to give | K |
| For this was infancy's first love | L |
| Its first possession its adult passion | F |
| O new creation | F |
| Take my treasure and make me free | E |
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| nd King | J |
| Caspar incense all that is strange | M |
| Oblique projected beyond the range | M |
| Of the First Person Such mediation | F |
| O new creation | F |
| Take that we dare the direct sight | H |
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| rd King | J |
| Death is a strong wish Balthasar | D |
| Brings his desire in a gift of myrrh | D |
| Seeking perfection in pain and cessation | F |
| O new creation | F |
| Die for me make me desire to live | N |
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| All Three | E |
| Mary who nourished glory on human kindness | O |
| By springs of power hidden from the mind | H |
| Here is our small self knowledge now | P |
| Make it acceptable or teach us how | P |
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| Mary | E |
| He will accept it never fear | Q |
| For his audacity is my despair | R |
| O do not give what he should not bear | R |
| His boldness is beyond belief | S |
| His threats his lightnings his short grief | S |
| Is it divine or mortal confidence | T |
| Mortal ignorance godlike innocence | T |
| Brazen he takes love as a right | H |
| He knows to demand is to give delight | H |
| Youngling here we offer love | L |
| What have we to offer but love | L |
| And what is our love Greed and despair | R |
| O do not take what you should not bear | R |
| Or tainted love by true convince | U |
| Let us not harm you helpless Prince | U |
| Sin is the chance of mercy | E |
| Then even sin contrives your greater glory | E |
Anne Barbara Ridler
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