Contentment Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDED FDFDGHIH JDKDLBMB| If any line that I ever penned | A |
| Or any word I have spoken | B |
| Has comforted heart of foe or friend | A |
| In any way why my life I'll say | C |
| Has reaped the reward of labour | D |
| If aught I have said or written has made | E |
| Gladder the heart o' my neighbour | D |
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| If any deed that I ever did | F |
| Lightened a sad heart's sorrow | D |
| If I have lifted a drooping lid | F |
| Up to the bright to morrow | D |
| Though the world knows not nor gives me a thought | G |
| Nor ever can know nor praise me | H |
| Yet still I shall say to my heart alway | I |
| That my life and labour repay me | H |
| - | |
| If in any way I have helped a soul | J |
| Or given a spirit pleasure | D |
| Then my cup of joy I shall think is full | K |
| With an overflowing measure | D |
| Though never an eye but the one on high | L |
| Looks on my kindly action | B |
| Yet O my heart we shall think of our part | M |
| In the drama with satisfaction | B |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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