The Undertone Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFG HFIJEFK LMNOEP QRISEF| When I was very young I used to feel the dark despairs of youth | A |
| Out of my little griefs I would invent great tragedies and woes | B |
| Not only for myself but for all those I held most dear | C |
| I would invent vast sorrows in my melancholy moods of thought | D |
| Yet down deep deep in my heart there was an undertone of rapture | E |
| It was like a voice from some other world calling softly to me | F |
| Saying things joyful | G |
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| As I grew older and Life offered bitter gall for me to drink | H |
| Forcing it through clenched teeth when I refused to take it willingly | F |
| When Pain prepared some special anguish for my heart to bear | I |
| And all the things I longed for seemed to be wholly beyond my reach | J |
| Yet down deep deep in my heart there was an undertone of rapture | E |
| It was like a Voice a Voice from some other world calling to me | F |
| Bringing glad tidings | K |
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| Now when I look about me and see the great injustices of men | L |
| See Idleness and Greed waited upon by luxury and mirth | M |
| See prosperous Vice ride by in state while footsore Virtue walks | N |
| Now when I hear the cry of need rise up from lands of shameful wealth | O |
| Yet down deep deep in my heart there is an undertone of rapture | E |
| It is like a Voice it is a Voice calling to me and saying | P |
| 'Love rules triumphant ' | - |
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| Now when each mile post on the path of life seems marked by headstones | Q |
| And one by one dear faces that I loved are hid away from sight | R |
| Now when in each familiar home I see a vacant chair | I |
| And in the throngs once formed of friends I meet unrecognising eyes | S |
| Yet down deep deep in my heart there is an undertone of rapture | E |
| It is the Voice it is the Voice for ever saying unto me | F |
| 'Life is Eternal ' | - |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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