Sanctuary Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDD EFCFDD CGHGDD IBJBDD| Neighbour for pity a hound cries on your steps | A |
| With pleading eyes with sore and weary feet | B |
| Neighbour your pity a poor beast doth implore | C |
| Hunger and cold are busy in the street | B |
| Then neighbour pause 'tis no good work you do | D |
| Off from my door I have no place for you | D |
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| Neighbour your mercy A heart of love is here | E |
| Within this weary body love is rare | F |
| And seldom comes to cry before our door | C |
| Then open wide and take your little share | F |
| Love pleads to be your servant leal and true | D |
| Off from my step I have no place for you | D |
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| From step to step abused from door to door | C |
| Whipped by the wind and beaten by the rain | G |
| With hunger at his throat he passes on | H |
| Yet one who follows shares the creature's pain | G |
| One follows Neighbour stop unless you rue | D |
| Off from my step I have no place for you | D |
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| The gentle Christ had heard His crying hound | I |
| And left His throne to track the weary feet | B |
| He follows though unseen with bleeding heart | J |
| Refused from door to door from street to street | B |
| Yes one who follows had refusal too | D |
| Off from my door I have no place for you | D |
Dora Sigerson Shorter
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