Good Friday Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABBCBC BBBBDEDE FCFCGHGH IJIJKAKA| O SAD and solemn holy day | A |
| O bitterest of bitter hours | B |
| Behold He staggers on His way | A |
| Beneath the cross that saps His powers | B |
| O see they goad Him with their thongs | B |
| And mock Him as He falters there | C |
| For us for us He bears these wrongs | B |
| And goes the crown of thorns to wear | C |
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| No word of bitterness He speaks | B |
| No look of hatred mars His face | B |
| The scoffers spit upon His cheeks | B |
| And taunt Him in the market place | B |
| And now upon the cross He 's nailed | D |
| 'I thirst ' He mutters that is all | E |
| But still He is to be assailed | D |
| His lips must taste the cup of gall | E |
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| Once more His lips are seen to move | F |
| O holy sentence uttered there | C |
| What more His love could better prove | F |
| Than these few words borne on the air | C |
| 'Father forgive them ' thus He prayed | G |
| And doubt you that His love was true | H |
| Still patient gentle unafraid | G |
| 'Forgive they know not what they do | H |
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| For us the crown of thorns He wore | I |
| With patience man has never known | J |
| For us the cruel cross He bore | I |
| With meekness man has never shown | J |
| For us He lived for us He died | K |
| O sad and solemn holy day | A |
| Renouncing self and earthly pride | K |
| That we might know the better way | A |
Edgar Albert Guest
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