Take Heart! Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CACA DEDE FDFG HIHI DJDJ KLLL ALAL AMLM NAFA FAFA FAFA ALAL| Roughest roads we often find | A |
| Lead us on to th' nicest places | B |
| Kindest hearts oft hide behind | A |
| Some o'th' plainest lukkin faces | B |
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| Flaars whose colors breetest are | C |
| Oft delight awr wond'ring seet | A |
| But ther's others humbler far | C |
| Smell a thaasand times as sweet | A |
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| Burds o' monny color'd feather | D |
| Please us as they skim along | E |
| But ther charms all put together | D |
| Connot equal th' skylark's song | E |
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| Bonny women angels seemin | F |
| Set awr hearts an brains o' fire | D |
| But its net ther beauties beamin | F |
| Its ther gooidness we admire | G |
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| Th' bravest man 'at's in a battle | H |
| Isn't allus th' furst i'th' fray | I |
| He best proves his might an' mettle | H |
| Who remains to win the day | I |
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| Monkey's an vain magpies chatter | D |
| But it doesn't prove 'em wise | J |
| An it's net wi noise an clatter | D |
| Men o' sense expect to rise | J |
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| 'Tis'nt them 'at promise freely | K |
| Are mooast ready to fulfill | L |
| An 'tis'nt them 'at trudge on dreely | L |
| 'At are last at top o'th' hill | L |
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| Bad hauf craans may pass as payment | A |
| Gaudy flaars awr e'en beguile | L |
| Women may be loved for raiment | A |
| Show may blind us for a while | L |
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| But we sooin grow discontented | A |
| An for solid worth we sigh | M |
| An we leearn to prize the jewel | L |
| Tho' it's hidden from the eye | M |
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| Him 'at thinks to gether diamonds | N |
| As he walks along his rooad | A |
| Nivver need be tired wi' huggin | F |
| For he'll have a little looad | A |
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| Owt 'at's worth a body's winnin | F |
| Mun be toiled for long an hard | A |
| An tho' th' struggle may be pinnin | F |
| Perseverance wins reward | A |
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| Earnest thowt an constant strivin | F |
| Ever wi' one aim i'th' seet | A |
| Tho' we may be late arrivin | F |
| Yet at last we'st come in reet | A |
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| He who WILL succeed he MUST | A |
| When he's bid false hopes farewell | L |
| If he firmly fix his trust | A |
| In his God and in hissel | L |
John Hartley
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