Christmas In The Heart Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDD EEFFBGHH IIJJKKLL DDBBMMNN| The snow lies deep upon the ground | A |
| And winter's brightness all around | A |
| Decks bravely out the forest sere | B |
| With jewels of the brave old year | B |
| The coasting crowd upon the hill | C |
| With some new spirit seems to thrill | C |
| And all the temple bells achime | D |
| Ring out the glee of Christmas time | D |
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| In happy homes the brown oak bough | E |
| Vies with the red gemmed holly now | E |
| And here and there like pearls there show | F |
| The berries of the mistletoe | F |
| A sprig upon the chandelier | B |
| Says to the maidens Come not here | G |
| Even the pauper of the earth | H |
| Some kindly gift has cheered to mirth | H |
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| Within his chamber dim and cold | I |
| There sits a grasping miser old | I |
| He has no thought save one of gain | J |
| To grind and gather and grasp and drain | J |
| A peal of bells a merry shout | K |
| Assail his ear he gazes out | K |
| Upon a world to him all gray | L |
| And snarls Why this is Christmas Day | L |
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| No man of ice for shame for shame | D |
| For Christmas Day is no mere name | D |
| No not for you this ringing cheer | B |
| This festal season of the year | B |
| And not for you the chime of bells | M |
| From holy temple rolls and swells | M |
| In day and deed he has no part | N |
| Who holds not Christmas in his heart | N |
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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