Anselmo Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGHI JK| Years did I vainly seek the good Lord's grace | A |
| Prayed fasted and did penance dire and dread | B |
| Did kneel with bleeding knees and rainy face | A |
| And mouth the dust with ashes on my head | B |
| Yea still with knotted scourge the flesh I flayed | C |
| Rent fresh the wounds and moaned and shrieked insanely | D |
| And froth oozed with the pleadings that I made | C |
| And yet I prayed on vainly vainly vainly | D |
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| A time from out of swoon I lifted eye | E |
| To find a wretched outcast gray and grim | F |
| Bathing my brow with many a pitying sigh | E |
| And I did pray God's grace might rest on him | F |
| Then lo A gentle voice fell on mine ears | G |
| 'Thou shalt not sob in suppliance hereafter | H |
| Take up thy prayers and wring them dry of tears | I |
| And lift them white and pure with love and laughter ' | - |
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| So is it now for all men else I pray | J |
| So is it I am blest and glad alway | K |
James Whitcomb Riley
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