Sacrifices Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB CDCDEFEF GHGHIJIJ KLKLMAMB NONPQAQB RR| BEHIND full many a gift there lies | A |
| A splendid tale of sacrifice | B |
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| On Christmas morn a mother's hand | C |
| About a young girl's neck will place | D |
| A trinket small and she will stand | C |
| With radiant smiles upon her face | D |
| To see her daughter decked in gold | E |
| Nor will she think nor will she care | F |
| That she may suffer from the cold | E |
| Because that bauble glistens there | F |
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| A child will wake on Christmas Day | G |
| And find his stocking filled with toys | H |
| The home will ring with laughter gay | G |
| That boy be glad as richer boys | H |
| And there a mother fond will sing | I |
| A song of joy to hear his shout | J |
| Forgetting every needed thing | I |
| That she will have to do without | J |
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| A heart that's brimming o'er with love | K |
| Will suffer gladly for a friend | L |
| And take no time in thinking of | K |
| How much it can afford to spend | L |
| And suddenly on Christmas morn | M |
| Will gladness beam from shining eyes | A |
| A gladness that alone was born | M |
| Of someone's willing sacrifice | B |
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| Let cynics scoff howe'er they will | N |
| And say but fools such presents give | O |
| There'll be such sacrifices till | N |
| All human love shall cease to live | P |
| 'Twould be a dreary world of thrift | Q |
| Of barren ways and sunless skies | A |
| If no one ever gave a gift | Q |
| That was not born of sacrifice | B |
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| The brightest gifts that us reward | R |
| Are those the givers can't afford | R |
Edgar Albert Guest
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