Lincoln Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCC DDEEFF| When God created this good world | A |
| A few stupendous peaks were hurled | A |
| From His strong hand and they remain | B |
| The wonder of the level plain | B |
| But these colossal heights are rare | C |
| While shifting sands are everywhere | C |
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| So with the race The centuries pass | D |
| And nations fall like leaves of grass | D |
| They die forgotten and unsung | E |
| While straight from God some souls are flung | E |
| To live immortal and sublime | F |
| So lives great Lincoln for all time | F |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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