In The Wings Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDC EFGF HIJI KCLC MNON PQRQ| The | A |
| play is Life and this round earth | B |
| The narrow stage whereon | C |
| We act before an audience | D |
| Of actors dead and gone | C |
| - | |
| There is a figure in the wings | E |
| That never goes away | F |
| And though I cannot see his face | G |
| I shudder while I play | F |
| - | |
| His shadow looms behind me here | H |
| Or capers at my side | I |
| And when I mouth my lines in dread | J |
| Those scornful lips deride | I |
| - | |
| Sometimes a hooting laugh breaks out | K |
| And startles me alone | C |
| While all my fellows wondering | L |
| At my stage fright play on | C |
| - | |
| I fear that when my Exit comes | M |
| I shall encounter there | N |
| Stronger than fate or time or love | O |
| And sterner than despair | N |
| - | |
| The Final Critic of the craft | P |
| As stage tradition tells | Q |
| And yet perhaps 'twill only be | R |
| The jester with his bells | Q |
Bliss Carman
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