The Winnowing Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD EFGG HIJJ KL| Lord Thou hast stricken us smitten us sore | A |
| Winnowed us fine on the dread threshing floor | A |
| Had I not reason far you had strayed | B |
| Vain was My calling you would not be stayed | B |
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| Low in the dust Lord our hearts now are bowed | C |
| Roughly Thy share through our boasting has ploughed | C |
| So as My ploughing prepares for the seed | D |
| So shall the harvest our best hopes exceed | D |
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| Lord we have lost of our dearest and best | E |
| Flung to the void and cast out to the waste | F |
| Nay then not one of them fell from My hand | G |
| Here at My side in their glory they stand | G |
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| How shall we start Lord to build life again | H |
| Fairer and sweeter and freed from its pain | I |
| Build ye in Me and your building shall be | J |
| Builded for Time and Eternity | J |
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| TUNE Theodora | K |
| Rest of the weary joy of the sad | L |
William Arthur Dunkerley (john Oxenham)
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