The Call Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABB C C DEDE AFF GGGGHIHI| In the banquet hall of Progress | A |
| God has bidden to a feast | B |
| All the women in the East | B |
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| Some have said 'We are not ready | C |
| We must wait another day ' | - |
| Some with voices clear and steady | C |
| 'Lord we hear and we obey ' | - |
| - | |
| Others timid and uncertain | D |
| Step forth trembling in the light | E |
| Many hide behind the curtain | D |
| With their faces hid from sight | E |
| - | |
| In the banquet hall of Progress | A |
| All must gather soon or late | F |
| And the patient Host will wait | F |
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| If to day or if to morrow | G |
| If in gladness or in woe | G |
| If with pleasure or with sorrow | G |
| All must answer all must go | G |
| They must go with unveiled faces | H |
| Clothed in virtue and in pride | I |
| For the Host has set their places | H |
| And He will not he denied | I |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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