The Word Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGF HIJI KLDL MNGN| Oh a word is a gem or a stone or a song | A |
| Or a flame or a two edged sword | B |
| Or a rose in bloom or a sweet perfume | C |
| Or a drop of gall is a word | D |
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| You may choose your word like a connoisseur | E |
| And polish it up with art | F |
| But the word that sways and stirs and stays | G |
| Is the word that comes from the heart | F |
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| You may work on your word a thousand weeks | H |
| But it will not glow like one | I |
| That all unsought leaps forth white hot | J |
| When the fountains of feeling run | I |
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| You may hammer away on the anvil of thought | K |
| And fashion your word with care | L |
| But unless you are stirred to the depths that word | D |
| Shall die on the empty air | L |
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| For the word that comes from the brain alone | M |
| Alone to the brain will speed | N |
| But the word that sways and stirs and stays | G |
| Oh that is the word men heed | N |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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