Life (iii) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBAABBACDCDDC| Life like a romping schoolboy full of glee | A |
| Doth bear us on his shoulder for a time | B |
| There is no path too steep for him to climb | B |
| With strong lithe limbs as agile and as free | A |
| As some young roe he speeds by vale and sea | A |
| By flowery mead by mountain peak sublime | B |
| And all the world seems motion set to rhyme | B |
| Till tired out he cries Now carry me | A |
| In vain we murmur Come Life says Fair play | C |
| And seizes on us God he goads us so | D |
| He does not let us sit down all the day | C |
| At each new step we feel the burden grow | D |
| Till our bent backs seem breaking as we go | D |
| Watching for Death to meet us on the way | C |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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