Show Me The Way Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCDEDECCFGFGCCHI HICC| Show me the way that leads to the true life | A |
| I do not care what tempests may assail me | B |
| I shall be given courage for the strife | A |
| I know my strength will not desert or fail me | B |
| I know that I shall conquer in the fray | C |
| Show me the way | C |
| Show me the way up to a higher plane | D |
| Where body shall be servant to the soul | E |
| I do not care what tides of woe or pain | D |
| Across my life their angry waves may roll | E |
| If I but reach the end I seek some day | C |
| Show me the way | C |
| Show me the way and let me bravely climb | F |
| Above vain grievings for unworthy treasures | G |
| Above all sorrow that finds balm in time | F |
| Above small triumphs or belittling pleasures | G |
| Up to those heights where these things seem child's play | C |
| Show me the way | C |
| Show me the way to that calm perfect peace | H |
| Which springs from an inward consciousness of right | I |
| To where all conflicts with the flesh shall cease | H |
| And self shall radiate with the spirit's light | I |
| Though hard the journey and the strife I pray | C |
| Show me the way | C |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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