A. B. A. Lines Written By Louisa M. Alcott To Her Father Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFE GHIHJKLK MNCNAODO PQRSTUVU WXYXZA2ZB2| Like Bunyan's pilgrim with his pack | A |
| Forth went the dreaming youth | B |
| To seek to find and make his own | C |
| Wisdom virtue and truth | B |
| Life was his book and patiently | D |
| He studied each hard page | E |
| By turns reformer outcast priest | F |
| Philosopher and sage | E |
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| Christ was his Master and he made | G |
| His life a gospel sweet | H |
| Plato and Pythagoras in him | I |
| Found a disciple meet | H |
| The noblest and best his friends | J |
| Faithful and fond though few | K |
| Eager to listen learn and pay | L |
| The love and honor due | K |
| - | |
| Power and place silver and gold | M |
| He neither asked nor sought | N |
| Only to serve his fellowmen | C |
| With heart and word and thought | N |
| A pilgrim still but in his pack | A |
| No sins to frighten or oppress | O |
| But wisdom morals piety | D |
| To teach to warn and bless | O |
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| The world passed by nor cared to take | P |
| The treasure he could give | Q |
| Apart he sat content to wait | R |
| And beautifully live | S |
| Unsaddened by long lonely years | T |
| Of want neglect and wrong | U |
| His soul to him a kingdom was | V |
| Steadfast serene and strong | U |
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| Magnanimous and pure his life | W |
| Tranquil its happy end | X |
| Patience and peace his handmaids were | Y |
| Death an immortal friend | X |
| For him no monuments need rise | Z |
| No laurels make his pall | A2 |
| The mem'ry of the good and wise | Z |
| Outshines outlives them all | B2 |
Louisa May Alcott
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