Burned Out Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCB ADEED AFGGF| Blow out the light there is no oil to feed it | A |
| That dim blue light unworthy of the name | B |
| Better to sit with folded hands I say | C |
| And wait for night to pass and bring the day | C |
| Than to depend upon that flickering flame | B |
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| Take back your vow there is no love to bind it | A |
| Take back this little shining golden thing | D |
| Better to walk on bravely all alone | E |
| Than strive to hold up or retain our own | E |
| By soulless pledge or fetter of a ring | D |
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| When first the lamp was lit too high you turned it | A |
| The oil was wasted in a blinding blaze | F |
| Your passion was too ardent in the start | G |
| Set by the lamp farewell God gird the heart | G |
| Through darkened hours and lone and loveless ways | F |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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