Because My Faltering Feet Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDDCB EFEFGG| Because my faltering feet may fail to dare | A |
| The first descendant of the steps of Hell | B |
| Give me the Word in time that triumphs there | A |
| I too must pass into the misty hollow | C |
| Where all our living laughter stops and hark | D |
| The tiny stuffless voices of the dark | D |
| Have called me called me till I needs must follow | C |
| Give me the Word and I'll attempt it well | B |
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| Say it's the little winking of an eye | E |
| Which in that issue is uncurtained quite | F |
| A little sleep that helpsa moment by | E |
| Between the thin dawn and the large daylight | F |
| Ah tell me more than yet was hoped of men | G |
| Swear that's true now and I'll believe it then | G |
Hilaire Belloc
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