Simple Creeds Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CCDD EFEF GGHI JEKE LLMM| If this were our creed it were creed enough | A |
| To keep us thoughtful and make us brave | B |
| On this sad journey o'er pathways rough | A |
| That lead us steadily on to the grave | B |
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| Speak no evil and cause no ache | C |
| Utter no jest that can pain awake | C |
| Guard your actions and bridle your tongue | D |
| Words are adders when hearts are stung | D |
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| If this were our aim it were all in sooth | E |
| That any soul needs to climb to heaven | F |
| And we would not cumber the way of truth | E |
| With dreary dogmas or rites priest given | F |
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| Help whoever whenever you can | G |
| Man for ever needs aid from man | G |
| Let never a day die in the West | H |
| That you have not comforted some sad heart | I |
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| Were this our belief we need not brood | J |
| O'er intricate isms and modes of faith | E |
| For this embodies the highest goal | K |
| For the life we are living or after death | E |
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| We meet no trials we do not need | L |
| Well borne sorrow is holy seed | L |
| It shall rise in a harvest of golden grain | M |
| And a wise soul ever thanks God for pain | M |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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