The Chosen Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBBCB D EF GHGHA IJIJK| They stood before the Angel at the gate | A |
| The Angel asked 'Why should you enter in ' | B |
| One said 'On earth my place was high and great ' | B |
| And one 'I warned my fellow men from sin ' | B |
| Another 'I was teacher of the faith | C |
| I scorned my life and lived in love with death ' | B |
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| And one stood silent 'Speak ' the Angel said | D |
| 'What earthly deed has sent you here to day ' | - |
| 'Alas I did but follow where they led ' | - |
| He answered sadly 'I had lost my way | E |
| So new the country and so strange my flight | F |
| I only sought for guidance and for light ' | - |
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| 'You have no passport ' 'None ' the answer came | G |
| 'I loved the earth tho' lowly was my lot | H |
| I strove to keep my record free from blame | G |
| And make a heaven about my humble spot | H |
| A narrow life I see it now too late | A |
| So Angel drive me from the heavenly gate ' | - |
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| The Angel swung the portal wide and free | I |
| And took the sorrowing stranger by the hand | J |
| 'Nay you alone ' he said 'shall come with me | I |
| Of all this waiting and insistent band | J |
| Of what God gave you built your paradise | K |
| Behold your mansion waiting in the skies ' | - |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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