Illusion Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCB CBCCB CDEED CFGGF| God and I in space alone | A |
| And nobody else in view | B |
| And where are the people O Lord I said | C |
| The earth below and the sky o'er head | C |
| And the dead whom once I knew | B |
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| That was a dream God smiled and said | C |
| A dream that seemed to be true | B |
| There were no people living or dead | C |
| There was no earth and no sky o'erhead | C |
| There was only Myself in you | B |
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| Why do I feel no fear I asked | C |
| Meeting You here this way | D |
| For I have sinned I know full well | E |
| And is there heaven and is there hell | E |
| And is this the judgment day | D |
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| Say those were but dreams the Great God said | C |
| Dreams that have ceased to be | F |
| There are no such things as fear or sin | G |
| There is no you you never have been | G |
| There is nothing at all but ME | F |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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