At The Door Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBCCDD EEFFGGDD HHIIJJC AAKKLLMM| more | A |
| 'Twas not enough to cleanse his feet | B |
| Of dirt they'd gathered in the street | B |
| He stood and dusted off his mind | C |
| And left all trace of care behind | C |
| 'In here I will not take ' said he | D |
| 'The stains the day has brought to me | D |
| - | |
| 'Beyond this door shall never go | E |
| The burdens that are mine to know | E |
| The day is done and here I leave | F |
| The petty things that vex and grieve | F |
| What clings to me of hate and sin | G |
| To them I will not carry in | G |
| Only the good shall go with me | D |
| For their devoted eyes to see | D |
| - | |
| 'I will not burden them with cares | H |
| Nor track the home with grim affairs | H |
| I will not at my table sit | I |
| With soul unclean and mind unfit | I |
| Beyond this door I will not take | J |
| The outward signs of inward ache | J |
| I will not take a dreary mind | C |
| Into this house for them to find ' | - |
| - | |
| He wiped his shoes before his door | A |
| But paused to do a little more | A |
| He dusted off the stains of strife | K |
| The mud that's incident to life | K |
| The blemishes of careless thought | L |
| The traces of the fight he'd fought | L |
| The selfish humors and the mean | M |
| And when he entered he was clean | M |
Edgar Albert Guest
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