Faith Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFE GHIHJKLK MNONPQRQ| Let a valiant Faith cross swords with Death | A |
| And Death is certain to fall | B |
| For the dead arise with joy in their eyes | C |
| They were not dead at all | B |
| If this were only a world of chance | D |
| Then faith with its strong white spark | E |
| Could burn through the sod and fashion a God | F |
| And set Him to shine in the dark | E |
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| So in troublesome days and in shadowy ways | G |
| In the dire and difficult time | H |
| We must cling we must cling to our Faith and bring | I |
| Our courage to heights sublime | H |
| It is not a matter of hugging a creed | J |
| That will lift us up to the light | K |
| But in keeping our trust that Love is just | L |
| And that whatever is is right | K |
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| When the hopes of this world into chaos are hurled | M |
| And the devil seems running the earth | N |
| When the bad folks stay and the good pass away | O |
| And greed fares better than worth | N |
| Oh that is the hour to trust in the Power | P |
| That will straighten the tangle out | Q |
| For death and sorrow are little things | R |
| But a terrible thing is doubt | Q |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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