The Prodigal's Return Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCDAAD EFEFGGHIIH| I reach my hand to thee | A |
| Stoop take my hand in thine | B |
| Lead me where I would be | A |
| Father divine | B |
| I do not even know | C |
| The way I want to go | C |
| The way that leads to rest | D |
| But Thou who knowest me | A |
| Lead where I cannot see | A |
| Thou knowest best | D |
| - | |
| Toys worthless yet desired | E |
| Drew me afar to roam | F |
| Father I am so tired | E |
| I am come home | F |
| The love I held so cheap | G |
| I see so dear so deep | G |
| So almost understood | H |
| Life is so cold and wild | I |
| I am thy little child | I |
| I WILL be good | H |
Edith Nesbit
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