Sorrow's Uses Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BB CC DD EE FF GG DDThe 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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