Doubting Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEF GHGH IJKJ LMNM OPOP QRQR STST EUVU WXWX ANAN YDYD ZA2B2A2 AQAQ| A Brother wandered forth with me | A |
| Beside a barren beach | B |
| He harped on things beyond the sea | A |
| And out of reach | B |
| He hinted once of unknown skies | C |
| And then I would not hark | D |
| But turned away from steadfast eyes | C |
| Into the dark | D |
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| And said an ancient faith is dead | E |
| And wonder fills my mind | F |
| I marvel how the blind have led | E |
| So long the blind | F |
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| Behold this truth we only know | G |
| That night is on the land | H |
| And we a weary way must go | G |
| To find God s hand | H |
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| I wept Our fathers told us Lord | I |
| That Thou wert kind and just | J |
| But lo our wailings fly abroad | K |
| For broken trust | J |
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| How many evil ones are here | L |
| Who mocking go about | M |
| Because we are too faint with fear | N |
| To wrestle Doubt | M |
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| Thy riddles are beyond the ken | O |
| Of creatures of the sod | P |
| Remember that we are but men | O |
| And Thou art God | P |
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| O doting world methinks your stay | Q |
| Is weaker than a reed | R |
| Our Father turns His face away | Q |
| Tis dark indeed | R |
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| The evening woods lay huddled there | S |
| All wrapped in silence strange | T |
| A sudden wind and lo the air | S |
| Was filled with change | T |
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| Your words are wild my brother said | E |
| For God s voice fills the breeze | U |
| Go hide yourself as Adam did | V |
| Amongst the trees | U |
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| I pluck the shoes from off my feet | W |
| But dare to look around | X |
| Behold he said my Lord I greet | W |
| On holy ground | X |
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| And God spake through the wind to me | A |
| Shake off that gloom of Fear | N |
| You fainting soul who could not see | A |
| That I was near | N |
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| Why vex me crying day and night | Y |
| You call on me to hark | D |
| But when I bless your world with light | Y |
| Who makes it dark | D |
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| Is there a ravelled riddle left | Z |
| That you would have undone | A2 |
| What other doubts are there to sift | B2 |
| I answered None | A2 |
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| My son look up if you would see | A |
| The Promise on your way | Q |
| And turn a trustful face to me | A |
| I whispered Yea | Q |
Henry Kendall
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