Work Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCC DEDEFF GHGHII| Yet life is not a vision nor a prayer | A |
| But stubborn work she may not shun her task | B |
| After the first compassion none will spare | A |
| Her portion and her work achieved to ask | B |
| She pleads for respite she will come ere long | C |
| When resting by the roadside she is strong | C |
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| Nay for the hurrying throng of passers by | D |
| Will crush her with their onward rolling stream | E |
| Much must be done before the brief light die | D |
| She may not loiter rapt in the vain dream | E |
| With unused trembling hands and faltering feet | F |
| She staggers forth her lot assigned to meet | F |
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| But when she fills her days with duties done | G |
| Strange vigor comes she is restored to health | H |
| New aims new interests rise with each new sun | G |
| And life still holds for her unbounded wealth | H |
| All that seemed hard and toilsome now proves small | I |
| And naught may daunt her she hath strength for all | I |
Emma Lazarus
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