The Question Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFEGEG| Beside us in our seeking after pleasures | A |
| Through all our restless striving after fame | B |
| Thorough all our search for worldly gains and treasures | A |
| There walketh one whom no man likes to name | B |
| Silent he follows veiled of form and feature | C |
| Indifferent if we sorrow or rejoice | D |
| Yet that day comes when every living creature | C |
| Must look upon his face and hear his voice | D |
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| When that day comes to you and Death unmasking | E |
| Shall bar your path and say Behold the end | F |
| What are the questions that he will be asking | E |
| About your past Have you considered friend | F |
| I think he will not chide you for your sinning | E |
| Nor for your creeds or dogmas will he care | G |
| He will but ask From your life s first beginning | E |
| How many burdens have you helped to bear | G |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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