Christmas-tide Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBA CDDC ECCE FGGH IJJI KLMK NCCN| Let working clothes be laid aside | A |
| And Industry in festal garb arrayed | B |
| Let busy brain and hand from toil and trade | B |
| Relax at Christmas tide | A |
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| As moments pass by dial so | C |
| Let gifts go round the happy circle where | D |
| In giving and receiving each may share | D |
| And mutual kindness show | C |
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| The meaning deep like mystery | E |
| That lies in holly bough or mistletoe | C |
| May thousands never fathom yet who know | C |
| And hail the Christmas tree | E |
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| So strong a hold on human thought | F |
| Has this glad day that seasons all the year | G |
| With the rich flavoring of hearty cheer | G |
| It ne'er shall be forgot | H |
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| It is the milestone on life's road | I |
| Where we may lay our burdens down and take | J |
| A look at souvenirs for love's dear sake | J |
| So prettily bestowed | I |
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| Upon its shining tablet we may write | K |
| If like the good Samaritan in deed | L |
| A record that the angel band shall read | M |
| With impulse of delight | K |
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| And this is why on Christmas morn | N |
| The world should smile and wear its brightest glow | C |
| Because some nineteen hundred years ago | C |
| A little child was born | N |
Hattie Howard
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