Out In The Cold Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD EEFF GGHH IIJJ KKLL HHAA| Out in the cold mid the dreary night | A |
| Under the eaves of homes so bright | A |
| Snowflakes falling o'er mother's grave | B |
| Will no one rescue no one save | B |
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| A child left out in the dark and cold | C |
| A lamb not sheltered in any fold | C |
| Hearing the wolves of hunger bark | D |
| Out in the cold and out in the dark | D |
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| Missing to night the charming bliss | E |
| That lies in the mother's good night kiss | E |
| And hearing no loving father's prayer | F |
| For blessings his children all may share | F |
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| Creeping away to some wretched den | G |
| To sleep mid the curses of drunken men | G |
| And women not as God has made | H |
| Wrecked and ruined wronged and betrayed | H |
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| Church of the Lord reach out thy arm | I |
| And shield the hapless one from harm | I |
| Where the waves of sin are dashing wild | J |
| Rescue and save the drifting child | J |
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| Wash from her life guilt's turbid foam | K |
| In the fair haven of a home | K |
| Tenderly lead the motherless girl | L |
| Up to the gates of purest pearl | L |
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| The wandering feet which else had strayed | H |
| From thorny paths may yet be stayed | H |
| And a crimson track through the cold dark night | A |
| May exchange to a line of loving light | A |
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
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