Luther Benson Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCCDDEEFF GHAAIJKKAA LLMMNNOOPP AAQQRRSSOO| AFTER READING HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY | A |
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| POOR victim of that vulture curse | B |
| That hovers o'er the universe | B |
| With ready talons quick to strike | C |
| In every human heart alike | C |
| And cruel beak to stab and tear | D |
| In virtue's vitals everywhere | D |
| You need no sympathy of mine | E |
| To aid you for a strength divine | E |
| Encircles you and lifts you clear | F |
| Above this earthly atmosphere | F |
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| And yet I can but call you poor | G |
| As looking through the open door | H |
| Of your sad life I only see | A |
| A broad landscape of misery | A |
| And catch through mists of pitying tears | I |
| The ruins of your younger years | J |
| I see a father's shielding arm | K |
| Thrown round you in a wild alarm | K |
| Struck down and powerless to free | A |
| Or aid you in your agony | A |
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| I see a happy home grow dark | L |
| And desolate the latest spark | L |
| Of hope is passing in eclipse | M |
| The prayer upon a mother's lips | M |
| Has fallen with her latest breath | N |
| In ashes on the lips of death | N |
| I see a penitent who reels | O |
| And writhes and clasps his hands and kneels | O |
| And moans for mercy for the sake | P |
| Of that fond heart he dared to break | P |
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| And lo as when in Galilee | A |
| A voice above the troubled sea | A |
| Commanded 'Peace be still ' the flood | Q |
| That rolled in tempest waves of blood | Q |
| Within you fell in calm so sweet | R |
| It ripples round the Saviour's feet | R |
| And all your noble nature thrilled | S |
| With brightest hope and faith and filled | S |
| Your thirsty soul with joy and peace | O |
| And praise to Him who gave release | O |
James Whitcomb Riley
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