I Am Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDCEFGF HIJIKLML NOPOQRSR BTMUQVWV| Am | A |
| I know not whence I came | B |
| I know not whither I go | C |
| But the fact stands clear that I am here | D |
| In this world of pleasure and woe | C |
| And out of the mist and the murk | E |
| Another truth shines plain | F |
| It is my power each day and hour | G |
| To add to its joy or its pain | F |
| - | |
| I know that the earth exists | H |
| It is none of my business why | I |
| I cannot find out what it s all about | J |
| I would but waste time to try | I |
| My life is a brief brief thing | K |
| I am here for a little space | L |
| And while I stay I would like if I may | M |
| To brighten and better the place | L |
| - | |
| The trouble I think with us all | N |
| Is the lack of a high conceit | O |
| If each man thought he was sent to this spot | P |
| To make it a bit more sweet | O |
| How soon we could gladden the world | Q |
| How easily right all wrong | R |
| If nobody shirked and each one worked | S |
| To help his fellows along | R |
| - | |
| Cease wondering why you came | B |
| Stop looking for faults and flaws | T |
| Rise up to day in your pride and say | M |
| I am part of the First Great Cause | U |
| However full the world | Q |
| There is room for an earnest man | V |
| It had need of me or I would not be | W |
| I am here to strengthen the plan | V |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
(1)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
Write your comment about I Am poem by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Best Poems of Ella Wheeler Wilcox