I Dream Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBACDDCEEA FGGFHIIHJJF KLLKMNNHOOH| Oh I have dreams I sometimes dream of Life | A |
| In the full meaning of that splendid word | B |
| Its subtle music which few men have heard | B |
| Though all may hear it sounding through earth's strife | A |
| Its mountain heights by mystic breezes kissed | C |
| Lifting their lovely peaks above the dust | D |
| Its treasures which no touch of time can rust | D |
| Its emerald seas its dawns of amethyst | C |
| Its certain purpose its serene repose | E |
| Its usefulness that finds no hour for woes | E |
| This is my dream of Life | A |
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| Yes I have dreams I ofttimes dream of Love | F |
| As radiant and brilliant as a star | G |
| As changeless too as that fixed light afar | G |
| Which glorifies vast worlds of space above | F |
| Strong as the tempest when it holds its breath | H |
| Before it bursts in fury and as deep | I |
| As the unfathomed seas where lost worlds sleep | I |
| And sad as birth and beautiful as death | H |
| As fervent as the fondest soul could crave | J |
| Yet holy as the moonlight on a grave | J |
| This is my dream of Love | F |
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| Yes yes I dream One oft recurring dream | K |
| Is beautiful and comforting and blest | L |
| Complete with certain promises of rest | L |
| Divine content and ecstasy supreme | K |
| When that strange essence author of all faith | M |
| That subtle something which cries for the light | N |
| Like a lost child who wanders in the night | N |
| Shall solve the mighty mystery of Death | H |
| Shall find eternal progress or sublime | O |
| And satisfying slumber for all time | O |
| This is my dream of Death | H |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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