Gratitude Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBC DEDE FGFG HIII| Do you give thanks for this or that | A |
| No God be thanked | B |
| I am not grateful | C |
| In that cold calculating way with blessing ranked | B |
| As one two three and four that would be hateful | C |
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| I only know that every day brings good above | D |
| My poor deserving | E |
| I only feel that in the road of Life true Love | D |
| Is leading me along and never swerving | E |
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| Whatever gifts and mercies in my lot may fall | F |
| I would not measure | G |
| As worth a certain price in praise or great or small | F |
| But take and use them all with simple pleasure | G |
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| For when we gladly eat our daily bread we bless | H |
| The Hand that feeds us | I |
| And when we tread the road of Life in cheerfulness | I |
| Our very heart beats praise the Love that leads us | I |
Henry Van Dyke
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