A Prodigal Son Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBB DEDEE FGFGG HIHII| Does that lamp still burn in my Father's house | A |
| Which he kindled the night I went away | B |
| I turned once beneath the cedar boughs | C |
| And marked it gleam with a golden ray | B |
| Did he think to light me home some day | B |
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| Hungry here with the crunching swine | D |
| Hungry harvest have I to reap | E |
| In a dream I count my Father's kine | D |
| I hear the tinkling bells of his sheep | E |
| I watch his lambs that browse and leap | E |
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| There is plenty of bread at home | F |
| His servants have bread enough and to spare | G |
| The purple wine fat froths with foam | F |
| Oil and spices make sweet the air | G |
| While I perish hungry and bare | G |
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| Rich and blessed those servants rather | H |
| Than I who see not my Father's face | I |
| I will arise and go to my Father | H |
| Fallen from sonship beggared of grace | I |
| Grant me Father a servant's place | I |
Christina Rossetti
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