On A Certain Religious Argument Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJIJ KLKL| Argue it pro and con as you will | A |
| And flout each other with words | B |
| But the rose will bloom and the summer still | A |
| Will bring us the song of birds | B |
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| How was He born who came to earth | C |
| With the Godlight in His eyes | D |
| Wrangle and quarrel about His birth | C |
| And yet you shall not be wise | D |
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| And what does it matter The clover blows | E |
| And the rose blooms on the tree | F |
| And only the God in heaven knows | E |
| How these things come to be | F |
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| You take the flower though you cannot say | G |
| Why this is red or white | H |
| You accept the warmth of the sun by day | G |
| And the light of the stars by night | H |
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| You joy in a thousand mysteries | I |
| Which your wisdom can't explain | J |
| The green of the grass and the rolling seas | I |
| And the gold of the harvest grain | J |
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| So why do you bother your heads at all | K |
| And why does your faith grow dim | L |
| You take the flower on the garden wall | K |
| So why will you not take Him | L |
Edgar Albert Guest
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