Is It Well? Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDDCEFC BGBG HIJJ AKAKAALBBL| Saw you the youth with the face like the morning | A |
| Refilling the glass that foamed white as the sea | B |
| Heard you the words that fell down like a warning | A |
| 'Lift not the glass it holds sorrow for thee' | C |
| He heeds not nor listens | D |
| The red liquor glistens | D |
| And he sees not the fangs of the serpent beneath | C |
| And the fiends are elated | E |
| And the voice waileth 'Fated ' | F |
| As he drains out the glass the dumb agent of death | C |
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| High had he set his mark Fame wealth and glory | B |
| All should be his ere the noon tide of life | G |
| A name that should live in the annals of story | B |
| His was a heart that could battle with strife | G |
| 'Here's to youthful endeavor ' | - |
| He cries 'Ah for ever | H |
| Shall the ruddy glass cheer me on life's rugged way | I |
| There is strength for all trouble | J |
| In each airy bubble | J |
| Who dares prate of danger and sorrow I pray ' | - |
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| Where is the youth with the face like the morning | A |
| Where are the hopes that glowed bright as the noon | K |
| He who had heard and obeyed not the warning | A |
| Oh has he reaped the dire harvest so soon | K |
| He quaffed all unheeding | A |
| The small voice's pleading | A |
| And he lieth to night in a dark prison cell | L |
| This is his glory | B |
| The name carved in story | B |
| This has the red glass done Say is it well | L |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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