Penalty Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFGF HCHC| Because of the fullness of what I had | A |
| All that I have seems poor and vain | B |
| If I had not been happy I were not sad | A |
| Tho' my salt is savorless why complain | B |
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| From the ripe perfection of what was mine | C |
| All that is mine seems worse than naught | D |
| Yet I know as I sit in the dark and pine | C |
| No cup can be drained which has not been fraught | D |
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| From the throb and the thrill of a day that was | E |
| The day that now is seems dull with gloom | F |
| Yet I bear the dullness and darkness because | G |
| 'Tis but the reaction of glow and bloom | F |
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| From the royal feast that of old was spread | H |
| I am starved on the diet that now is mine | C |
| Yet I could not turn hungry from water and bread | H |
| If I had not been sated on fruit and wine | C |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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