The Last Dance Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCCDD EEFFFF G HHFF| WHEN LOVE FOR HIS MAKER AWOKE IN MAN THE DANCE BEGAN | A |
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| The wave of the ocean the leaf of the wood | B |
| In the rhythm of motion proclaim life is good | B |
| The stars are all swinging to metres and rhyme | C |
| The planets are singing while suns mark the time | C |
| The moonbeams and rivers float off in a trance | D |
| The Universe quivers on on with the dance | D |
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| Our partners we pick from the best of the throng | E |
| In the ballroom of Life and go lilting along | E |
| We follow our fancy and choose as we will | F |
| For waltz or for tango or merry quadrille | F |
| But ever one partner is waiting us all | F |
| At the end of the programme to finish the ball | F |
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| Unasked and unwelcome he comes without leave | G |
| And calls when he chooses 'My dance I believe ' | - |
| And none may refuse him and none may say no | H |
| When he beckons the dancer the dancer must go | H |
| You may hate him and shun him and yet in life's ball | F |
| For the one who lives well 'tis the best dance of all | F |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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