Thank God For Life Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DE E FGHG IJKJ JLMN| Thank God for life in such an age as this | A |
| Rich with the promises of better things | B |
| Thank God for being part of this great nation's heart | C |
| Whose strong pulsations are not ruled by kings | B |
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| Our thanks for fearless and protesting speech | D |
| When cloven hoofs show 'neath the robes of state | E |
| For us no servile song of 'Kings can do no wrong ' | - |
| Not royal birth but worth makes rulers great | E |
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| Thank God for peace within our border lands | F |
| And for the love of peace within each soul | G |
| Who thinks on peace has wrought mosaic squares of thought | H |
| In the foundation of our future goal | G |
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| Our thanks for love and knowledge of love's laws | I |
| Love is a greater power than vested might | J |
| Love is the central source of all enduring force | K |
| Love is the law that sets the whole world right | J |
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| Our thanks for that increasing torch of light | J |
| The tireless hand of science holds abroad | L |
| And may its growing blaze shine on all hidden ways | M |
| Till man beholds the silhouette of God | N |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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