Dorcas Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDED FGFG HIJI KLML NONO| If I might guess then guess I would | A |
| That mid the gathered folk | B |
| This gentle Dorcas one day stood | A |
| And heard when Jesus spoke | B |
| - | |
| She saw the woven seamless coat | C |
| Half envious for his sake | D |
| Oh happy hands she said that wrought | E |
| The honoured thing to make | D |
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| Her eyes with longing tears grow dim | F |
| She never can come nigh | G |
| To work one service poor for him | F |
| For whom she glad would die | G |
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| But hark he speaks Oh precious word | H |
| And she has heard indeed | I |
| When did we see thee naked Lord | J |
| And clothed thee in thy need | I |
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| The King shall answer Inasmuch | K |
| As to my brethren ye | L |
| Did it even to the least of such | M |
| Ye did it unto me | L |
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| Home home she went and plied the loom | N |
| And Jesus' poor arrayed | O |
| She died they wept about the room | N |
| And showed the coats she made | O |
George Macdonald
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