Only Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHIH JKLK MNON PQRQ| Only a sentence earnest spoke | A |
| With never a thought to word it | B |
| Fell like balm from the sea of calm | C |
| On the aching heart that heard it | B |
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| Only a glance a scornful smile | D |
| A wavering purpose altered | E |
| Goaded a hand the crime to do | F |
| At which before it faltered | E |
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| Only a kiss a love caress | G |
| Tender and trustful given | H |
| Banished a cloud from brow of care | I |
| Made home a woman's Heaven | H |
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| Only a secret chance disclosed | J |
| Whence secret should be never | K |
| A doubt crept into the heart that loved | L |
| And its light went out forever | K |
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| Only a prayer a wrong confessed | M |
| By suppliant lowly kneeling | N |
| Opened the gate where the angels wait | O |
| Life's Eden field revealing | N |
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| Careful then scatter the little things | P |
| They make life drear and lonely | Q |
| Or strew its way with flowers gay | R |
| We live by trifles only | Q |
Madge Morris Wagner
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