In The Cup Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBCCDDEEFFGG AGGHIJK LAGGGGMMAA| There is grief in the cup | A |
| I saw a proud mother set wine on the board | B |
| The eyes of her son sparkled bright as she poured | B |
| The ruddy stream into the glass in his hand | C |
| The cup was of silver the lady was grand | C |
| In her satins and laces her proud heart was glad | D |
| In the love of her fair noble son but oh sad | D |
| Oh so sad ere a year had passed by | E |
| And the soft light had gone from her beautiful eye | E |
| For the boy that she loved with a love strong as death | F |
| In the chill hours of morn with a drunkard's foul breath | F |
| And a drunkard's fierce oath reeled and staggered his way | G |
| To his home a dark blot on the face of the day | G |
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| There is shame in the cup | A |
| The tempter said 'Drink ' and a fair maiden quaffed | G |
| Till her cheeks glowed the hue of the dangerous draught | G |
| The voice of the tempter spoke low in her ear | H |
| Words that once would have started the quick angry tear | I |
| But wine blunts the conscience and wine dulls the brain | J |
| She listened and smiled and he whispered again | K |
| He lifted the goblet 'Once more ' he said 'drink ' | - |
| And the soul of the maiden was lost in the brink | L |
| There is death in the cup | A |
| A man in God's image strong noble and grand | G |
| With talents that crowned him a prince of the land | G |
| Sipped the ruddy red wine sipped it lightly at first | G |
| Until from its chains broke the demon of thirst | G |
| And thirst became master and man became slave | M |
| And he ended his life in the drunkard's poor grave | M |
| Wealth fame talents beauty and life swallowed up | A |
| Grief shame death destruction are all in the cup | A |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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