Found Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GEGE HBHB| Found as I rushed through the great world's mart | A |
| In a race for gold and a pleasure quest | B |
| A passionate throbbing human heart | A |
| Suddenly found in my breast | B |
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| I had always laughed at the foolish word | C |
| I had said aloud in my boasting glee | D |
| That never a heart in my bosom stirred | C |
| That my brain governed me | D |
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| I was proud with the sense of my might and power | E |
| 'It is will not heart that wins ' I said | F |
| But I suddenly found one sad strange hour | E |
| That the strength of my will had fled | F |
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| For up in my breast there rose supreme | G |
| A strong man's heart and all on fire | E |
| Drunk with the wine of a wild sweet dream | G |
| And tortured with desire | E |
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| It is tossed with hope and fear and doubt | H |
| It is mad with the fever of love's unrest | B |
| I wish to God I could pluck it out | H |
| This heart I found in my breast | B |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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