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 J

I into life so full of love was sentA
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That all the shadows which fall on the wayB
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Of every human being could not stayB
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But fled before the light my spirit lentA
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I saw the world through gold and crimson dyesC
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Men sighed and said 'Those rosy hues will fadeD
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As you pass on into the glare and shade '-
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Still beautiful the way seems to mine eyesC
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They said 'You are too jubilant and gladE
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The world is full of sorrow and of wrongF
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Full soon your lips shall breathe forth sighs not song '-
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The day wears on and yet I am not sadE
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They said 'You love too largely and you mustG
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Through wound on wound grow bitter to your kind '-
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They were false prophets day by day I findH
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More cause for love and less cause for distrustG
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They said 'Too free you give your soul's rare wineI
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The world will quaff but it will not repay '-
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Yet in the emptied flagons day by dayB
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True hearts pour back a nectar as divineI
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Thy heritage Is it not love's estateJ
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Look to it then and keep its soil well tilledJ
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I hold that my best wishes are fulfilledJ
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Because I love so much and cannot hateJ

Ella Wheeler Wilcox



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