The Power Of God Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BB CC DD EE FF DD GG HH II J J K| If the power of God were mine and the ample turn | A |
| I never could dwell in my law which is 'stablished and stern | A |
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| But my pity would plague me still In the fare of my state | B |
| I would summon my ministers often to reprobate | B |
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| 'Do ye see them walk on the unwaked streets of the town | C |
| Are they not of my handmaidens burdened and bending down | C |
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| 'It is not yet day and my tale of the stars not told | D |
| But already they bear of their burdens and tremble of cold | D |
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| 'Do ye heed not her ye stony and reconciled | E |
| One gathering sticks for a fire who is heavy with child | E |
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| 'And one was so heavy with sleep that she watched not and slept | F |
| Till it nearly was dawn and then she arose and wept | F |
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| 'Previsal I made and the burning of quenchless gold | D |
| Yet still they bedevil my kingdom the dark and the cold | D |
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| 'There is labor appointed I know not if it shall cease | G |
| Yet anon cometh night and my daughters shall lie in peace | G |
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| 'What avoideth my glory of firmaments keeping the way | H |
| If the poor soft flesh must trouble before the day | H |
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| 'Or spectacular stars as they race to encircuit the deep | I |
| If my littlest people is driven and needeth sleep | I |
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| 'For my absolute heaven is high and nothing dependeth | J |
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| Yet it twitcheth my heart when weeping of women ascendeth | J |
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| 'Then arrange ye again how the people's task be done | K |
| There shall no woman toil till they see my sign of the sun ' | - |
John Crowe Ransom
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