Intermediary Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEFGGHH IJAAKKLLMMNNOOPPQQRS O O| When from the prison of its body free | A |
| My soul shall soar before it goes to Thee | A |
| Thou great Creator give it power to know | B |
| The language of all sad dumb things below | B |
| And let me dwell a season still on earth | C |
| Before I rise to some diviner birth | C |
| Invisible to men yet seen and heard | D |
| And understood by sorrowing beast and bird | D |
| Invisible to men yet always near | E |
| To whisper counsel in the human ear | F |
| And with a spell to stay the hunter's hand | G |
| And stir his heart to know and understand | G |
| To plant within the dull or thoughtless mind | H |
| The great religious impulse to be kind | H |
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| Before I prune my spirit wings and rise | I |
| To seek my loved ones in their paradise | J |
| Yea even before I hasten on to see | A |
| That lost child's face so like a dream to me | A |
| I would be given this intermediate role | K |
| And carry comfort to each poor dumb soul | K |
| And bridge man's gulf of cruelty and sin | L |
| By understanding of his lower kin | L |
| 'Twixt weary driver and the straining steed | M |
| On wings of mercy would my spirit speed | M |
| And each should know before his journey's end | N |
| That in the other dwelt a loving friend | N |
| From zoo and jungle and from cage and stall | O |
| I would translate each inarticulate call | O |
| Each pleading look each frenzied act and cry | P |
| And tell the story to each passer by | P |
| And of a spirit's privilege possessed | Q |
| Pursue indifference to its couch of rest | Q |
| And whisper in its ear until in awe | R |
| It woke and knew God's all embracing law | S |
| Of Universal Life the One in All | O |
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| Lord let this mission to my lot befall | O |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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