Good Part, That Shall Not Be Taken Away, The Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFFF AGAG FHFH AHAH IFIF HAHA FFFF| She dwells by Great Kenhawa's side | A |
| In valleys green and cool | B |
| And all her hope and all her pride | A |
| Are in the village school | B |
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| Her soul like the transparent air | C |
| That robes the hills above | D |
| Though not of earth encircles there | C |
| All things with arms of love | D |
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| And thus she walks among her girls | E |
| With praise and mild rebukes | F |
| Subduing e'en rude village churls | F |
| By her angelic looks | F |
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| She reads to them at eventide | A |
| Of One who came to save | G |
| To cast the captive's chains aside | A |
| And liberate the slave | G |
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| And oft the blessed time foretells | F |
| When all men shall be free | H |
| And musical as silver bells | F |
| Their falling chains shall be | H |
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| And following her beloved Lord | A |
| In decent poverty | H |
| She makes her life one sweet record | A |
| And deed of charity | H |
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| For she was rich and gave up all | I |
| To break the iron bands | F |
| Of those who waited in her hall | I |
| And labored in her lands | F |
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| Long since beyond the Southern Sea | H |
| Their outbound sails have sped | A |
| While she in meek humility | H |
| Now earns her daily bread | A |
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| It is their prayers which never cease | F |
| That clothe her with such grace | F |
| Their blessing is the light of peace | F |
| That shines upon her face | F |
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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