The Shining Light Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFGH IJIK LMLM| My former hopes are fled | A |
| My terror now begins | B |
| I feel alas that I am dead | A |
| In trespasses and sins | B |
| - | |
| Ah whither shall I fly | C |
| I hear the thunder roar | D |
| The Law proclaims Destruction nigh | C |
| And Vengeance at the door | D |
| - | |
| When I review my ways | E |
| I dread impending doom | F |
| But sure a friendly whisper says | G |
| Flee from the wrath to come | H |
| - | |
| I see or think I see | I |
| A glimmering from afar | J |
| A beam of day that shines for me | I |
| To save me from despair | K |
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| Forerunner of the sun | L |
| It marks the pilgrim's way | M |
| I'll gaze upon it while I run | L |
| And watch the rising day | M |
William Cowper
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