Wheat Grains Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BBCC DD EE FGH FIIJJKK FLL FFF FMMNN LOP LF Q| AS grains from chaff I sift these worldly rules | A |
| Kernels of wisdom from the husks of schools | A |
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| Benevolence befits the wisest mind | B |
| But he who has not studied to be kind | B |
| Who grants for asking gives without a rule | C |
| Hurts whom he helps and proves himself a fool | C |
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| II | - |
| The wise man is sincere but he who tries | D |
| To be sincere hap hazard is not wise | D |
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| Knowledge is gold to him who can discern | E |
| That he who loves to know must love to learn | E |
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| IV | F |
| Straightforward speech is very certain good | G |
| But he who has not learned its rule is rude | H |
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| V | F |
| Boldness and firmness these are virtues each | I |
| Noble in action excellent in speech | I |
| But who is bold without considerate skill | J |
| Rashly rebels and has no law but will | J |
| While he called firm illiterate and crass | K |
| With mulish stubbornness obstructs the pass | K |
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| VI | F |
| The mean of soul are sure their faults to gloss | L |
| And find a secret gain in others' loss | L |
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| VII | F |
| Applause the bold man wins respect the grave | F |
| Some only being not modest think they're brave | F |
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| VIII | F |
| The petty wrong doer may escape unseen | M |
| But what from sight the moon eclipsed shall screen | M |
| Superior minds must err in sight of men | N |
| Their eclipse o'er they rule the world again | N |
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| IX | L |
| Temptation waits for all and ills will come | O |
| But some go out and ask the devil home | P |
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| X | L |
| 'I love God ' said the saint God spake above | F |
| 'Who loveth me must love those whom I love ' | - |
| 'I scourge myself ' the hermit cried God spake | Q |
| 'Kindness is prayer but not a self made ache ' | - |
John Boyle O'reilly
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