What Gain? Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCDDEE FGFGHHIIJK EHEHLLMMNN| Now while thy rounded cheek is fresh and fair | A |
| While beauty lingers laughing in thine eyes | B |
| Ere thy young heart shall meet the stranger Care | A |
| Or thy blithe soul become the home of sighs | B |
| Were it not kindness should I give thee rest | C |
| By plunging this sharp dagger in thy breast | C |
| Dying so young with all thy wealth of youth | D |
| What part of life wouldst thou not claim in sooth | D |
| Only the woe | E |
| Sweetheart that sad souls know | E |
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| Now in this sacred hour of supreme trust | F |
| Of pure delight and palpitating joy | G |
| Ere change can come as come it surely must | F |
| With jarring doubts and discords to destroy | G |
| Our far too perfect peace I pray thee Sweet | H |
| Were it not best for both of us and meet | H |
| If I should bring swift death to seal our bliss | I |
| Dying so full of joy what could we miss | I |
| Nothing but tears | J |
| Sweetheart and weary years | K |
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| How slight the action Just one well aimed blow | E |
| Here where I feel thy warm heart's pulsing beat | H |
| And then another through my own and so | E |
| Our perfect union would be made complete | H |
| So past all parting I should claim thee mine | L |
| Dead with our youth and faith and love divine | L |
| Should we not keep the best of life that way | M |
| What shall we gain by living day on day | M |
| What shall we gain | N |
| Sweetheart but bitter pain | N |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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