The Sermon Of St. Francis Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABC DDEE FFGH IIJJ KKLL MMNN OOAA PPQQ GGRS| Up soared the lark into the air | A |
| A shaft of song a winged prayer | A |
| As if a soul released from pain | B |
| Were flying back to heaven again | C |
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| St Francis heard it was to him | D |
| An emblem of the Seraphim | D |
| The upward motion of the fire | E |
| The light the heat the heart's desire | E |
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| Around Assisi's convent gate | F |
| The birds God's poor who cannot wait | F |
| From moor and mere and darksome wood | G |
| Came flocking for their dole of food | H |
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| O brother birds St Francis said | I |
| Ye come to me and ask for bread | I |
| But not with bread alone to day | J |
| Shall ye be fed and sent away | J |
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| Ye shall be fed ye happy birds | K |
| With manna of celestial words | K |
| Not mine though mine they seem to be | L |
| Not mine though they be spoken through me | L |
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| O doubly are ye bound to praise | M |
| The great Creator in your lays | M |
| He giveth you your plumes of down | N |
| Your crimson hoods your cloaks of brown | N |
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| He giveth you your wings to fly | O |
| And breathe a purer air on high | O |
| And careth for you everywhere | A |
| Who for yourselves so little care | A |
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| With flutter of swift wings and songs | P |
| Together rose the feathered throngs | P |
| And singing scattered far apart | Q |
| Deep peace was in St Francis' heart | Q |
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| He knew not if the brotherhood | G |
| His homily had understood | G |
| He only knew that to one ear | R |
| The meaning of his words was clear | S |
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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