More Ways Than One Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B CDCDEFEFGHGHIJKJ LMLMNONOPQPQERER STSTUEUEVWWWXWXW KYIYWZWZA2B2A2B2WC2W C2 GD2GD2E2F2G2F2H2WH2W WI2WI2 TBTBWJ2WJ2K2WK2WL2TL 2T M2N2M2N2O2P2O2P2Q2WQ 2WTBTB R2WR2WWWWWWWWWWWWWWW WWWWWWHWHWS2T2S2T2From Arthur Selwyn's Note book | A |
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More Ways Than One | B |
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I was present one day | C |
Where both layman and priest | D |
Worshipped God in a way | C |
That was startling at least | D |
Over thirty in place | E |
On the stage in a row | F |
As is often the case | E |
At a minstrelsy show | F |
In a uniform clad | G |
Was each one of them seen | H |
And a banjo they had | G |
And a loud tambourine | H |
And they sung and they shouted | I |
Their spasmodic joys | J |
Just as if they ne'er doubted | K |
That God loved a noise | J |
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And their phrases though all | L |
Not deficient in points | M |
A grammarian would call | L |
Rather weak in the joints | M |
And the aspirate sound | N |
Was adroitly misused | O |
And The Language all round | N |
Was assaulted and bruised | O |
While the tunes that they sung | P |
In bewildering throngs | Q |
Had been married when young | P |
To hilarious songs | Q |
And the folks in that place | E |
Who this loud racket made | R |
Were not bounded by race | E |
Or condition or shade | R |
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Now I love my own meeting | S |
My own cosy pew | T |
While mentally greeting | S |
Friends quietly true | T |
And the Gospel dispensed | U |
With a dignified grace | E |
Born of reason clear sensed | U |
And a faith firm of place | E |
I love the trained voices | V |
That float down the aisles | W |
Till the whole church rejoices | W |
With God's sweetest smiles | W |
Have no sneer understood | X |
For the rest when I say | W |
I had rather get good | X |
In a civilized way | W |
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So this meeting had grated | K |
Somewhat on my heart | Y |
And ere long I had waited | I |
I thought to depart | Y |
But a young man arose | W |
Looking sin drenched and grim | Z |
As if rain storms of woes | W |
Had descended on him | Z |
No such face you'd discern | A2 |
In a leisurely search | B2 |
If you took a chance turn | A2 |
Through a civilized church | B2 |
But his words though not choice | W |
To my feelings came nigh | C2 |
There was growth in his voice | W |
There was hope in his eye | C2 |
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And he said I'm a lad | G |
With a life full of blame | D2 |
Every step has been bad | G |
Every hour was a shame | D2 |
And for drink I would pawn | E2 |
All within my control | F2 |
From the clothes I had on | G2 |
To my heart and my soul | F2 |
I have drank the foul stuff | H2 |
In my parents' hot tears | W |
I have done crime enough | H2 |
For a hundred black years | W |
But I came to this place | W |
For the help that I craved | I2 |
I have seen Jesus's face | W |
And I know I am saved | I2 |
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Then a man rose to view | T |
When this youngster was done | B |
And he said This is true | T |
That young man is my son | B |
He was drunk every day | W |
And such terror would make | J2 |
That I spurned him away | W |
From my house like a snake | J2 |
We have suffered the worst | K2 |
That can come from heart fears | W |
He is sober the first | K2 |
I have seen him for years | W |
I am full of such joy | L2 |
As I never yet knew | T |
And now Robert my boy | L2 |
Home is open to you | T |
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You may go home with me | M2 |
Or may run on before | N2 |
You've a glittering key | M2 |
That will open the door | N2 |
Your mother is there | O2 |
Praying for you e'en now | P2 |
There is snow in her hair | O2 |
There is pain on her brow | P2 |
And when you have kissed her | Q2 |
The old fashioned way | W |
There's a brother and sister | Q2 |
Who've longed for this day | W |
And whatever can befriend you | T |
On earth shall be done | B |
May God's blessing attend you | T |
My son oh my son | B |
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Then the banjo struck in | R2 |
And the tambourine jingled | W |
There rose such a din | R2 |
That my blood fairly tingled | W |
The vocalists screamed | W |
Till quite red in the face | W |
But somehow it all seemed | W |
Not at all out of place | W |
Now denouements immense | W |
Do riot somehow take hold | W |
Or dramatic events | W |
Reach my heart as of old | W |
But my smiles could not hide | W |
The fast gathering tears | W |
And I cheered laughed and cried | W |
As I had not for years | W |
And I thought Not amiss | W |
Are this tumult and shout | W |
Folks who save men like this | W |
Know what they are about | W |
You who fight with God's sword | W |
For the good of your kind | W |
You can never afford | W |
To leave these men behind | W |
If these women I've seen | H |
Should be pelted or cursed | W |
I would step in between | H |
I would take the blow first | W |
They who draw souls above | S2 |
From the depths lowest down | T2 |
Will not fail of God's love | S2 |
Or to shine in His crown | T2 |
William Mckendree Carleton
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