Life's Scars Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGHGI JKJKLDLD MNMNODOD| They say the world is round and yet | A |
| I often think it square | B |
| So many little hurts we get | A |
| From corners here and there | B |
| But one great truth in life I've found | C |
| While journeying to the West | D |
| The only folks who really wound | C |
| Are those we love the best | D |
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| The man you thoroughly despise | E |
| Can rouse your wrath 'tis true | F |
| Annoyance in your heart will rise | E |
| At things mere strangers do | F |
| But those are only passing ills | G |
| This rule all lives will prove | H |
| The rankling wound which aches and thrills | G |
| Is dealt by hands we love | I |
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| The choicest garb the sweetest grace | J |
| Are oft to strangers shown | K |
| The careless mien the frowning face | J |
| Are given to our own | K |
| We flatter those we scarcely know | L |
| We please the fleeting guest | D |
| And deal full many a thoughtless blow | L |
| To those who love us best | D |
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| Love does not grow on every tree | M |
| Nor true hearts yearly bloom | N |
| Alas for those who only see | M |
| This cut across a tomb | N |
| But soon or late the fact grows plain | O |
| To all through sorrow's test | D |
| The only folks who give us pain | O |
| Are those we love the best | D |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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