Fame Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCC DEFEGG HIHIJJ AKAKLM NOPOQQ| There is a cliff no matter where | A |
| Which softened by the agencies | B |
| Of rain exposure to the air | A |
| And alternating thaw and freeze | B |
| Most readily admits the edge | C |
| Of chisel or the sharpened wedge | C |
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| The travelers while passing by | D |
| Within its shade find welcome rest | E |
| And one of them mechanically | F |
| As is a custom in the west | E |
| Upon its surface stern and gray | G |
| Carved out his name and went his way | G |
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| Though inartistic and uncouth | H |
| That effort of a novice hand | I |
| Exemplifies a striking truth | H |
| And may Time's ravages withstand | I |
| To be by future ages read | J |
| When years and centuries have fled | J |
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| So on life's mighty thoroughfare | A |
| The multitude of every class | K |
| Leave no inscriptions chiseled where | A |
| Their transient footsteps chanced to pass | K |
| And waft to each succeeding age | L |
| No echoes from their pilgrimage | M |
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| Though many pass yet few record | N |
| Their names in characters sublime | O |
| By grand achievement work or word | P |
| Upon the monolith of Time | O |
| But few inscribe a lasting name | Q |
| On the eternal cliffs of Fame | Q |
Alfred Castner King
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