"The Tone Of Voice" (56)
"The tone of voice"
"It's not so much what we say
As the manner in which we say it;
It's not so much the language we use
As the tone in which we convey it;
“Come here!”, I sharply said,
And the child cowered and wept.
“Come here,” I said-
He looked and smiled
And straight to my lap he crept."
"Words may be mild and fair
And the tone may pierce like a dart;
Words may be soft as the summer air;
But the tone may break my heart;
For words come from the mind
Grow by study and art----
But tone leaps from the inner self
Revealing the state of the heart."
Whether we know it or not,
Whether we mean or care,
Gentleness, kindness, love, and hate,
Envy, anger, are there.
Then, would we quarrels avoid
And peace and love rejoice?
Keep anger not only out of your words-
Keep it out of your voice.”
I thought an excellent message for all of us to learn.
Hope to all who read this be truly blessed with the content so true.
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Submitted by ging_a on July 09, 2014
Modified on April 26, 2023
- 56 sec read
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AXBXBCDCXD EFEFXFXF XEXEXAXA XX |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 900 |
Words | 188 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 10, 8, 8, 2 |
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