My Beth Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGF HIJICKLK HMHMGNON PKQKGRSR GTLTABHD| Sitting patient in the shadow | A |
| Till the blessed light shall come | B |
| A serene and saintly presence | C |
| Sanctifies our troubled home | D |
| Earthly joys and hopes and sorrows | E |
| Break like ripples on the strand | F |
| Of the deep and solemn river | G |
| Where her willing feet now stand | F |
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| O my sister passing from me | H |
| Out of human care and strife | I |
| Leave me as a gift those virtues | J |
| Which have beautified your life | I |
| Dear bequeath me that great patience | C |
| Which has power to sustain | K |
| A cheerful uncomplaining spirit | L |
| In its prison house of pain | K |
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| Give me for I need it sorely | H |
| Of that courage wise and sweet | M |
| Which has made the path of duty | H |
| Green beneath your willing feet | M |
| Give me that unselfish nature | G |
| That with charity devine | N |
| Can pardon wrong for love's dear sake | O |
| Meek heart forgive me mine | N |
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| Thus our parting daily loseth | P |
| Something of its bitter pain | K |
| And while learning this hard lesson | Q |
| My great loss becomes my gain | K |
| For the touch of grief will render | G |
| My wild nature more serene | R |
| Give to life new aspirations | S |
| A new trust in the unseen | R |
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| Henceforth safe across the river | G |
| I shall see forever more | T |
| A beloved household spirit | L |
| Waiting for me on the shore | T |
| Hope and faith born of my sorrow | A |
| Guardian angels shall become | B |
| And the sister gone before me | H |
| By their hands shall lead me home | D |
Louisa May Alcott
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