Mysterious Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCCB BBDCCD BBCEFC GGBHHB IIJCCJ BBEKKE BBLMJL DDNBBJ| The morning sun rose bright and fair | A |
| Upon a lovely village where | A |
| Prosperity abounded | B |
| And ceaseless hum of industry | C |
| In lines of friendly rivalry | C |
| From day to day resounded | B |
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| Its shaded avenues were wide | B |
| And closely bordered either side | B |
| With cottages or mansions | D |
| Or marked by blocks of masonry | C |
| That might defy a century | C |
| To loosen from their stanchions | D |
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| Its peaceful dwellers daily vied | B |
| To make this spot with anxious pride | B |
| A Paradise of beauty | C |
| Recounted its attractions o'er | E |
| And its adornment held no more | F |
| A pleasure than a duty | C |
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| But ere the daylight passed away | G |
| That hamlet fair in ruins lay | G |
| Its hapless people scattered | B |
| Like playthings at the cyclone's will | H |
| And scarce remained one domicile | H |
| Its fury had not shattered | B |
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| Few moments of the tempest's wrath | I |
| Sufficed to mark one dreadful path | I |
| With scenes of devastation | J |
| While over piles of wild debris | C |
| Rose shrieks of dying agony | C |
| Above the desolation | J |
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| Oh mystery who can understand | B |
| Why sudden from God's mighty hand | B |
| Destructive bolts of power | E |
| Without discrimination strike | K |
| The evil and the good alike | K |
| As in that dreadful hour | E |
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| Alas for aching hearts that wait | B |
| Today in homes made desolate | B |
| By one sharp blow appalling | L |
| For all who kneel by altars lone | M |
| And strive to say Thy will be done | J |
| That awful day recalling | L |
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| We dare not question his decrees | D |
| Who seeth not as mortal sees | D |
| Nor doubt his goodness even | N |
| Nor let our hearts be dispossessed | B |
| Of faith that he disposeth best | B |
| All things in earth and Heaven | J |
Hattie Howard
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