That's The Way

Ella Wheeler Wilcox 1855 (Janesville) – 1919



Just a little every day-
That's the way!
Seeds in darkness swell and grow,
Tiny blades push through the snow;
Never any flower of May
Leaps to blossom in a burst,
Slowly, slowly, as the first,
That's the way.
Just a little every day.

Just a little every day-
That's the way,
Children learn to read and write
Bit by bit and mite by mite,
Never any one I say
Leaps to knowledge and its power;
Slowly, slowly, hour by hour,
That's the way!
Just a little every day.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 08, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AAbbaccAA AAddaeeAA
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 452
Words 91
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 9, 9

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