The Jealous Gods Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEF GHIHEJ GKLKMF| 'Oh life is wonderful ' she said | A |
| 'And all my world is bright | B |
| Can Paradise show fairer skies | C |
| Or more effulgent light ' | D |
| Speak lower lower mortal heart | E |
| The jealous gods may hear | F |
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| She turned for answer but his gaze | G |
| Cut past her like a lance | H |
| And shone like flame on one who came | I |
| With radiant glance for glance | H |
| You spoke too loud O mortal heart | E |
| The jealous gods were near | J |
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| They walked through green and sunlit ways | G |
| And yet the earth seemed black | K |
| For there were three where two should be | L |
| So runs the world alack | K |
| The listening gods the jealous gods | M |
| They want no Edens here | F |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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