The Valley Of Fear Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD BEBEFGFD HIHI DGD JKJLMDMD GGG| In the journey of life as we travel along | A |
| To the mystical goal that is hidden from sight | B |
| You may stumble at times into Roadways of Wrong | A |
| Not seeing the sign board that points to the right | B |
| Through caverns of sorrow your feet may be led | C |
| Where the noon of the day will like midnight appear | D |
| But no matter whither you wander or tread | C |
| Keep out of the Valley of Fear | D |
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| The Roadways of Wrong will wind out into light | B |
| If you sit in the silence and ask for a Guide | E |
| In the caverns of sorrow your soul gains its sight | B |
| Of beautiful vistas ascending and wide | E |
| In by paths of worry and trouble and strife | F |
| Full many a bloom grows bedewed by a tear | G |
| But wretched and arid and void of all life | F |
| Is the desolate Valley of Fear | D |
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| The Valley of Fear is a maddening maze | H |
| Of paths that wind on without exit or end | I |
| From nowhere to nowhere lead all of its ways | H |
| And shadows with shadows in more shadows blend | I |
| Each guide post is lettered 'This way to Despair ' | - |
| And the River of Death in the darkness flows near | D |
| But there is a beautiful Roadway of Prayer | G |
| This side of the Valley of Fear | D |
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| This beautiful Roadway is narrow and steep | J |
| And it runs up the side of the Mountain of Faith | K |
| You may not perceive it at first if you weep | J |
| But it rises high over the River of Death | L |
| Though the Roadway is narrow and dark at the base | M |
| It widens ascending and ever grows clear | D |
| Till it shines at the top with the Light of God's face | M |
| Far far from the Valley of Fear | D |
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| When close to that Valley your footsteps shall fare | G |
| Turn turn to the Roadway of Prayer | G |
| The beautiful Roadway of Prayer | G |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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