The Choice Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBAB CDEECE FFGHFG IIJJIJ| Life come to me in no pale guise and ashen | A |
| I care not for thee in such placid fashion | A |
| I would share widely Life | B |
| In all thy joy and strife | B |
| Would sound thy deeps and reach thy highest passion | A |
| With thy delight and with thy suffering rife | B |
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| Whether I bide with thee in cot or palace | C |
| I would drink deeply Life of thy great chalice | D |
| Even to its bitter lees | E |
| Yea shrinking not from these | E |
| Since out of bitterness come strength and solace | C |
| And wisdom is not won in slumberous ease | E |
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| Wan peace uncolored days were a poor favor | F |
| To lack great pain and love were to lack savor | F |
| Life take the heart of me | G |
| And fill it brimmingly | H |
| No matter with what poignant brew or flavor | F |
| So that it may not shrunk and empty be | G |
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| Yea Life thus would I live nor play at living | I |
| The best of me for thy best gladly giving | I |
| With an unfaltering cheer | J |
| Greeting thee year by year | J |
| Even in thy dourest mood some good achieving | I |
| Until I read thy deep hid meaning clear | J |
Lucy Maud Montgomery
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