Fate And I Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BB CC DD EE FF AA GG HH IJ KK LL GG MM NN FF AA OO| Wise men tell me thou O Fate | A |
| Art invincible and great | A |
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| Well I own thy prowess still | B |
| Dare I flout thee with my will | B |
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| Thou canst shatter in a span | C |
| All the earthly pride of man | C |
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| Outward things thou canst control | D |
| But stand back I rule my soul | D |
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| Death 'Tis such a little thing | E |
| Scarcely worth the mentioning | E |
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| What has death to do with me | F |
| Save to set my spirit free | F |
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| Something in me dwells O Fate | A |
| That can rise and dominate | A |
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| Loss and sorrow and disaster | G |
| How then Fate art thou my master | G |
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| In the great primeval morn | H |
| My immortal will was born | H |
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| Part of that stupendous Cause | I |
| Which conceived the Solar Laws | J |
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| Lit the suns and filled the seas | K |
| Royalest of pedigrees | K |
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| That great Cause was Love the Source | L |
| Who most loves has most of Force | L |
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| He who harbours Hate one hour | G |
| Saps the soul of Peace and Power | G |
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| He who will not hate his foe | M |
| Need not dread life's hardest blow | M |
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| In the realm of brotherhood | N |
| Wishing no man aught but good | N |
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| Naught but good can come to me | F |
| This is Love's supreme decree | F |
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| Since I bar my door to Hate | A |
| What have I to fear O Fate | A |
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| Since I fear not Fate I vow | O |
| I the ruler am not thou | O |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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