A Golden Day Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCC DEDEFF GAGAHH IJIJBB| The subtle beauty of this day | A |
| Hangs o'er me like a fairy spell | B |
| And care and grief have flown away | A |
| And every breeze sings all is well | B |
| I ask Holds earth or sin or woe | C |
| My heart replies I do not know | C |
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| Nay all we know or feel my heart | D |
| Today is joy undimmed complete | E |
| In tears or pain we have no part | D |
| The act of breathing is so sweet | E |
| We care no higher joy to name | F |
| What reck we now of wealth or fame | F |
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| The past what matters it to me | G |
| The pain it gave has passed away | A |
| The future that I cannot see | G |
| I care for nothing save today | A |
| This is a respite from all care | H |
| And trouble flies I know not where | H |
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| Go on oh noisy restless life | I |
| Pass by oh feet that seek for heights | J |
| I have no part in aught of strife | I |
| I do not want your vain delights | J |
| The day wraps round me like a spell | B |
| And every breeze sings All is well | B |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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