Death's Protest Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBAABBA CDECDE| Why dost thou shrink from my approach O Man | A |
| Why dost thou ever flee in fear and cling | B |
| To my false rival Life I do but bring | B |
| Thee rest and calm Then wherefore dost thou ban | A |
| And curse me Since the forming of God's plan | A |
| I have not hurt or harmed a mortal thing | B |
| I have bestowed sweet balm for every sting | B |
| And peace eternal for earth's stormy span | A |
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| The wild mad prayers for comfort sent in vain | C |
| To knock at the indifferent heart of Life | D |
| I Death have answered Knowest thou not 'tis he | E |
| My cruel rival who sends all thy pain | C |
| And wears the soul out in unending strife | D |
| Why dost thou hold to him then spurning me | E |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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