The Actor Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBCDCD EFEFGHGH GDGDIJIJ KILILILI| O man with your wonderful dower | A |
| O woman with genius and grace | B |
| You can teach the whole world with your power | C |
| If you are but worthy the place | B |
| The stage is a force and a factor | C |
| In moulding the thought of the day | D |
| If only the heart of the actor | C |
| Is high as the theme of the play | D |
| - | |
| No discourse or sermon can reach us | E |
| Through feeling to reason like you | F |
| No author can stir us and teach us | E |
| With lessons as subtle and true | F |
| Your words and your gestures obeying | G |
| We weep or rejoice with your part | H |
| And the player behind all his playing | G |
| He ought to be great at his art | H |
| - | |
| No matter what role you are giving | G |
| No matter what skill you betray | D |
| The everyday life you are living | G |
| Is certain to colour the play | D |
| The thoughts we call secret and hidden | I |
| Are creatures of malice in fact | J |
| They steal forth unseen and unbidden | I |
| And permeate motive and act | J |
| - | |
| The genius that shines like a comet | K |
| Fills only one part of God s plan | I |
| If the lesson the word derives from it | L |
| Is marred by the life of the man | I |
| Be worthy your work if you love it | L |
| The king should be fit for the crown | I |
| Stand high as your art or above it | L |
| And make us look up and not down | I |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
(1)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
Write your comment about The Actor poem by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Best Poems of Ella Wheeler Wilcox