The Day Of Wrath Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAA BBB CCC BBB BBB CCC DEE DED FFF AAA FFF DDE BBB CCC GHH HHG IJI CCII| Day of Satan's painful duty | A |
| Earth shall vanish hot and sooty | A |
| So says Virtue so says Beauty | A |
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| Ah what terror shall be shaping | B |
| When the Judge the truth's undraping | B |
| Cats from every bag escaping | B |
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| Now the trumpet's invocation | C |
| Calls the dead to condemnation | C |
| All receive an invitation | C |
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| Death and Nature now are quaking | B |
| And the late lamented waking | B |
| In their breezy shrouds are shaking | B |
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| Lo the Ledger's leaves are stirring | B |
| And the Clerk to them referring | B |
| Makes it awkward for the erring | B |
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| When the Judge appears in session | C |
| We shall all attend confession | C |
| Loudly preaching non suppression | C |
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| How shall I then make romances | D |
| Mitigating circumstances | E |
| Even the just must take their chances | E |
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| King whose majesty amazes | D |
| Save thou him who sings thy praises | E |
| Fountain quench my private blazes | D |
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| Pray remember sacred Saviour | F |
| Mine the playful hand that gave your | F |
| Death blow Pardon such behavior | F |
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| Seeking me fatigue assailed thee | A |
| Calvary's outlook naught availed thee | A |
| Now 'twere cruel if I failed thee | A |
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| Righteous judge and learn d brother | F |
| Pray thy prejudices smother | F |
| Ere we meet to try each other | F |
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| Sighs of guilt my conscience gushes | D |
| And my face vermilion flushes | D |
| Spare me for my pretty blushes | E |
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| Thief and harlot when repenting | B |
| Thou forgavest complimenting | B |
| Me with sign of like relenting | B |
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| If too bold is my petition | C |
| I'll receive with due submission | C |
| My dismissal from perdition | C |
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| When thy sheep thou hast selected | G |
| From the goats may I respected | H |
| Stand amongst them undetected | H |
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| When offenders are indited | H |
| And with trial flames ignited | H |
| Elsewhere I'll attend if cited | G |
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| Ashen hearted prone and prayerful | I |
| When of death I see the air full | J |
| Lest I perish too be careful | I |
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| On that day of lamentation | C |
| When to enjoy the conflagration | C |
| Men come forth O be not cruel | I |
| Spare me Lord make them thy fuel | I |
Ambrose Bierce
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