A Dream Question Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB CDCDCD DED D FGFGFG HIHJHI| It shall be dark unto you that ye shall not divine | A |
| Micah iii | B |
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| I asked the Lord Sire is this true | C |
| Which hosts of theologians hold | D |
| That when we creatures censure you | C |
| For shaping griefs and ails untold | D |
| Deeming them punishments undue | C |
| You rage as Moses wrote of old | D |
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| When we exclaim 'Beneficent | D |
| He is not for he orders pain | E |
| Or if so not omnipotent | D |
| To a mere child the thing is plain ' | - |
| Those who profess to represent | D |
| You cry out 'Impious and profane ' | - |
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| He Save me from my friends who deem | F |
| That I care what my creatures say | G |
| Mouth as you list sneer rail blaspheme | F |
| O manikin the livelong day | G |
| Not one grief groan or pleasure gleam | F |
| Will you increase or take away | G |
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| Why things are thus whoso derides | H |
| May well remain my secret still | I |
| A fourth dimension say the guides | H |
| To matter is conceivable | J |
| Think some such mystery resides | H |
| Within the ethic of my will | I |
Thomas Hardy
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