My Heritage Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B B A C D C E F E G H G I B I J J J JI into life so full of love was sent | A |
- | |
That all the shadows which fall on the way | B |
- | |
Of every human being could not stay | B |
- | |
But fled before the light my spirit lent | A |
- | |
I saw the world through gold and crimson dyes | C |
- | |
Men sighed and said 'Those rosy hues will fade | D |
- | |
As you pass on into the glare and shade ' | - |
- | |
Still beautiful the way seems to mine eyes | C |
- | |
They said 'You are too jubilant and glad | E |
- | |
The world is full of sorrow and of wrong | F |
- | |
Full soon your lips shall breathe forth sighs not song ' | - |
- | |
The day wears on and yet I am not sad | E |
- | |
They said 'You love too largely and you must | G |
- | |
Through wound on wound grow bitter to your kind ' | - |
- | |
They were false prophets day by day I find | H |
- | |
More cause for love and less cause for distrust | G |
- | |
They said 'Too free you give your soul's rare wine | I |
- | |
The world will quaff but it will not repay ' | - |
- | |
Yet in the emptied flagons day by day | B |
- | |
True hearts pour back a nectar as divine | I |
- | |
Thy heritage Is it not love's estate | J |
- | |
Look to it then and keep its soil well tilled | J |
- | |
I hold that my best wishes are fulfilled | J |
- | |
Because I love so much and cannot hate | J |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
(1)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
Write your comment about My Heritage poem by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Best Poems of Ella Wheeler Wilcox