The Cross-roads Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGHGH IJIJKLKL EMNMOHOH| Once more I write a line to you | A |
| While darker shadows fall | B |
| Dear friends of mine who have been true | A |
| And steadfast through it all | B |
| If I have written bitter rhymes | C |
| With many lines that halt | D |
| And if I have been false at times | C |
| It was not all my fault | D |
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| To Heaven s decree I would not bow | E |
| And I sank very low | F |
| The bitter things are written now | E |
| And we must let them go | F |
| But I feel softened as I write | G |
| The better spirit springs | H |
| And I am very sad to night | G |
| Because of many things | H |
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| The friendships that I have abused | I |
| The trust I did betray | J |
| The talents that I have misused | I |
| The gifts I threw away | J |
| The things that did me little good | K |
| And well my cheeks might burn | L |
| The kindly letters that I should | K |
| Have answered by return | L |
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| But you might deem them answered now | E |
| And answered from my heart | M |
| And injured friends will understand | N |
| Tis I who feel the smart | M |
| But I have done with barren strife | O |
| And dark imaginings | H |
| And in my future work and life | O |
| Will seek the better things | H |
Henry Lawson
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