Compensation Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDD EFEFGG HIHIJJ| 'T is not alone that black and yawning void | A |
| That makes her heart ache with this hungry pain | B |
| But the glad sense of life hath been destroyed | A |
| The lost delight may never come again | C |
| Yet myriad serious blessings with grave grace | D |
| Arise on every side to fill their place | D |
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| For much abides in her so lonely life | E |
| The dear companionship of her own kind | F |
| Love where least looked for quiet after strife | E |
| Whispers of promise upon every wind | F |
| A quickened insight in awakened eyes | G |
| For the new meaning of the earth and skies | G |
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| The nameless charm about all things hath died | H |
| Subtle as aureole round a shadow's head | I |
| Cast on the dewy grass at morning tide | H |
| Yet though the glory and the joy be fled | I |
| 'T is much her own endurance to have weighed | J |
| And wrestled with God's angels unafraid | J |
Emma Lazarus
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