Religion Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAABB CCCDD EEECC| I am no priest of crooks nor creeds | A |
| For human wants and human needs | A |
| Are more to me than prophets' deeds | A |
| And human tears and human cares | B |
| Affect me more than human prayers | B |
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| Go cease your wail lugubrious saint | C |
| You fret high Heaven with your plaint | C |
| Is this the Christian's joy you paint | C |
| Is this the Christian's boasted bliss | D |
| Avails your faith no more than this | D |
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| Take up your arms come out with me | E |
| Let Heav'n alone humanity | E |
| Needs more and Heaven less from thee | E |
| With pity for mankind look 'round | C |
| Help them to rise and Heaven is found | C |
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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