Confessional Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJIJ| Search thou my heart | A |
| If there be guile | B |
| It shall depart | A |
| Before thy smile | B |
| - | |
| Search thou my soul | C |
| Be there deceit | D |
| 'T will vanish whole | C |
| Before thee sweet | D |
| - | |
| Upon my mind | E |
| Turn thy pure lens | F |
| Naught shalt thou find | E |
| Thou canst not cleanse | F |
| - | |
| If I should pray | G |
| I scarcely know | H |
| In just what way | G |
| My prayers would go | H |
| - | |
| So strong in me | I |
| I feel love's leaven | J |
| I 'd bow to thee | I |
| As soon as Heaven | J |
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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