Wherefore Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGDGD HIHIJDKD| Wherefore in dreams are sorrows born anew | A |
| A healed wound opened or the past revived | B |
| Last night in my deep sleep I dreamed of you | A |
| Again the old love woke in me and thrived | B |
| On looks of fire and kisses and sweet words | C |
| Like silver waters purling in a stream | D |
| Or like the amorous melodies of birds | C |
| A dream a dream | D |
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| Again upon the glory of the scene | E |
| There settled that dread shadow of the cross | F |
| That when hearts love too well falls in between | E |
| That warns them of impending woe and loss | F |
| Again I saw you drifting from my life | G |
| As barques are rudely parted in a stream | D |
| Again my heart was torn with awful strife | G |
| A dream a dream | D |
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| Again the deep night settled on me there | H |
| Alone I groped and heard strange waters roll | I |
| Lost in that blackness of supreme despair | H |
| That comes but once to any living soul | I |
| Alone afraid I called your name aloud | J |
| Mine eyes unveiled beheld white stars agleam | D |
| And lo awake I cried Thank God thank God | K |
| A dream a dream | D |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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