Listen! Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF EGEG HIJIWhoever you are as you read this | A |
Whatever your trouble or grief | B |
I want you to know and to heed this | A |
The day draweth near with relief | B |
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No sorrow no woe is unending | C |
Though heaven seems voiceless and dumb | D |
So sure as your cry is ascending | C |
So surely an answer will come | D |
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Whatever temptation is near you | E |
Whose eyes on this simple verse fall | F |
Remember good angels will hear you | E |
And help you to stand if you call | F |
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Though stunned with despair I beseech you | E |
Whatever your losses your need | G |
Believe when these printed words reach you | E |
Believe you were born to succeed | G |
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You are stronger I tell you this minute | H |
Than any unfortunate fate | I |
And the coveted prize you can win it | J |
While life lasts 'tis never too late | I |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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