Was, Is, And Yet-to-be Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BB CC DD EE FG HH AA II JJ KK LL MM AA JJ NO| Was Is and Yet to Be | A |
| Were chatting over a cup of tea | A |
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| In tarnished finery smelling of must | B |
| Was talked of people long turned to dust | B |
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| Of titles and honours and high estate | C |
| All forgotten or out of date | C |
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| Of wonderful feasts in the long ago | D |
| Of pride that perished with nothing to show | D |
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| I loathe the present said Was with a groan | E |
| I live in pleasures that I HAVE known | E |
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| The Yet to be in a gown of gauze | F |
| Looked over the head of musty Was | G |
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| And gazed far off into misty space | H |
| With a wrapt expression upon her face | H |
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| Such wonderful pleasures are coming to me | A |
| Such glory such honour said Yet to be | A |
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| No one dreamed in the vast Has Been | I |
| Of such successes as I shall win | I |
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| The past the present why what are they | J |
| I live for the joy of a future day | J |
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| Then practical Is in a fresh print dress | K |
| Spoke up with a laugh I must confess | K |
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| I find to day so pleasant she said | L |
| I never look back and seldom ahead | L |
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| Whatever has been is a finished sum | M |
| Whatever will be why let it come | M |
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| To day is mine And so you see | A |
| I have the past and the yet to be | A |
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| For to day is the future of yesterday | J |
| And the past of to morrow I live while I may | J |
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| And I think the secret of pleasure is this | N |
| And this alone said practical Is | O |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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