The Poor Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCC DEFE GCHC IJKJ| Few save the poor feel for the poor | A |
| The rich know not how hard | B |
| It is to be of needful food | C |
| And needful rest debarred | C |
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| Their paths are paths of plenteousness | D |
| They sleep on silk and down | E |
| And never think how heavily | F |
| The weary head lies down | E |
| - | |
| They know not of the scanty meal | G |
| With small pale faces round | C |
| No fire upon the cold damp hearth | H |
| When snow is on the ground | C |
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| They never by the window lean | I |
| And see the gay pass by | J |
| Then take their weary task again | K |
| But with a sadder eye | J |
Letitia Elizabeth Landon
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