Art Thou Alive? Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDEFF DDGGHH BBIIJK| Art thou alive Nay not too soon reply | A |
| Tho' hand and foot and lip and ear and eye | A |
| Respond and do thy bidding yet may be | B |
| Grim death has done his direst work with thee | B |
| Life as God gives it is a thing apart | C |
| From active body and from beating heart | C |
| It is the vital spark the unseen fire | D |
| That moves the mind to reason and aspire | E |
| It is the force that bids emotion roll | F |
| In mighty billows from the surging soul | F |
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| It is the light that grows from hour to hour | D |
| And floods the brain with consciousness of power | D |
| It is the spirit dominating all | G |
| And reaching God with its imperious call | G |
| Until the shining glory of His face | H |
| Illuminates each sorrowful dark place | H |
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| It is the truth that sets the bondsman free | B |
| Knowing he will be what he wills to be | B |
| With its unburied dead the earth is sad | I |
| Art thou alive proclaim it and be glad | I |
| Perchance the dead may hear thee and arise | J |
| Knowing they live and HERE is Paradise | K |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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