Love's Lesson Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH AIAI| One lesson let us bear in mind | A |
| Be very gentle with our own | B |
| Be to their faults a little blind | A |
| Nor wound them by a look or tone | B |
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| Put self behind turn tender eyes | C |
| Keep back the words that hurt and sting | D |
| We learn when sorrow makes us wise | C |
| Forbearance is the grandest thing | D |
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| Be patient lest some day we turn | E |
| Our eyes on loved one fast asleep | F |
| And whisper as we lean and yearn | E |
| How often I have made you weep | F |
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| Some loved you not and words let fall | G |
| That must have pierc d your gentle breast | H |
| But I who loved you best of all | G |
| Hurt you far more than all the rest | H |
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| One lesson let us keep in mind | A |
| To hold our dear ones close and fast | I |
| Since loyal hearts are hard to find | A |
| And life and love so soon are past | I |
Jean Blewett
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