The Optimist Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBAABBA CBACBA| The fields were bleak and sodden Not a wing | A |
| Or note enlivened the depressing wood | B |
| A soiled and sullen stubborn snowdrift stood | B |
| Beside the roadway Winds came muttering | A |
| Of storms to be and brought the chilly sting | A |
| Of icebergs in their breath Stalled cattle mooed | B |
| Forth plaintive pleadings for the earth's green food | B |
| No gleam no hint of hope in anything | A |
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| The sky was blank and ashen like the face | C |
| Of some poor wretch who drains life's cup too fast | B |
| Yet swaying to and fro as if to fling | A |
| About chilled Nature its lithe arms of grace | C |
| Smiling with promise in the wintry blast | B |
| The optimistic Willow spoke of spring | A |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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