Speech Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCDD EEFFGG HHIIJJ| Talk happiness The world is sad enough | A |
| Without your woe No path is wholly rough | A |
| Look for the places that are smooth and clear | B |
| And speak of them to rest the weary ear | C |
| Of earth so hurt by one continuous strain | D |
| Of mortal discontent and grief and pain | D |
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| Talk faith The world is better off without | E |
| Your uttered ignorance and morbid doubt | E |
| If you have faith in God or man or self | F |
| Say so if not push back upon the shelf | F |
| Of silence all your thoughts till faith shall come | G |
| No one will grieve because your lips are dumb | G |
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| Talk health The dreary never ending tale | H |
| Of mortal maladies is worn and stale | H |
| You cannot charm or interest or please | I |
| By harping on that minor chord disease | I |
| Say you are well or all is well with you | J |
| And God shall hear tour words and make them true | J |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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