The Door Of Hope Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDC EFEF GHGH IH JKJK LMLM NHN OPOP QJQJ NRNR HCHC QCQC| The president has thus disclosed | A |
| In words his noblest plan | B |
| 'The door of hope shall not be closed | A |
| Upon the Negro man | B |
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| 'His opportunities must be | C |
| With other men's the same | D |
| As nation's chief I will not see | C |
| Him forced in ways of shame ' | - |
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| Official work he'd scarce begun | E |
| When from his lips did fall | F |
| 'A special right I give to none | E |
| But equal rights to all | F |
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| 'Square dealing for the soldiers true | G |
| Who made this country grand | H |
| But more than this no man is due | G |
| And none shall less demand | H |
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| 'I'm president of all the land ' | - |
| The broiling South was told | I |
| 'For truth and fight I mean to stand | H |
| Such policy I hold ' | - |
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| When urged to crush the Negro race | J |
| He answered with a zest | K |
| 'All men of worth shall have a place | J |
| True manhood is the test | K |
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| ''Tis better all the people up | L |
| Than keep a portion down | M |
| You need my friends a loving cup | L |
| Your prejudice to drown | M |
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| 'The doors of hope are open wide | N |
| To all within the land | H |
| With God forever on our side | N |
| This sentiment will stand ' | - |
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| With spinal column stout and strong | O |
| With arm that's made of steel | P |
| He crushes prejudice and wrong | O |
| And makes the demons reel | P |
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| To heal the nation's open sore | Q |
| Of hatred for a race | J |
| He wider swings the open door | Q |
| And bares the monsters face | J |
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| No president could stem the tide | N |
| Of opposition blind | R |
| Since Lincoln for the Negro died | N |
| Till Roosevelt we find | R |
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| Long may he live to bless the land | H |
| With truth and liberty | C |
| Who for the right will take a stand | H |
| And set a nation free | C |
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| Then Roosevelt for nineteen four | Q |
| Our president should be | C |
| Who gives to all an open door | Q |
| Of opportunity | C |
Lizelia Augusta Jenkins Moorer
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