Sorrow's Uses Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BB CC DD EE FF GG DD| The uses of sorrow I comprehend | A |
| Better and better at each year s end | A |
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| Deeper and deeper I seem to see | B |
| Why and wherefore it has to be | B |
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| Only after the dark wet days | C |
| Do we fully rejoice in the sun s bright rays | C |
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| Sweeter the crust tastes after the fast | D |
| Than the sated gourmand s finest repast | D |
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| The faintest cheer sounds never amiss | E |
| To the actor who once has heard a hiss | E |
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| To one who the sadness of freedom knows | F |
| Light seem the fetters love may impose | F |
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| And he who has dwelt with his heart alone | G |
| Hears all the music in friendship s tone | G |
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| So better and better I comprehend | D |
| How sorrow ever would be our friend | D |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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