To A Successful Man Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBC DEDE FGHG IJIJ KLKL| WHAT THE GHOSTS SAID | A |
| And after all the labour and the pains | B |
| After the heaping up of gold on gold | C |
| After success that locked your feet in chains | B |
| And left you with a heart so tired and old | C |
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| Strange is it not to find your chief desire | D |
| Is what you might have had for nothing then | E |
| The face of love beside a cottage fire | D |
| And friendly laughter with your fellow men | E |
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| You were so rich when fools esteemed you poor | F |
| You ruled a field that kings could never buy | G |
| The whisper of the sea was at your door | H |
| And all those quiet stars were in your sky | G |
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| The nook of ferns below the breathless wood | I |
| Where one poor book could unlock Paradise | J |
| What will you give us now for that lost good | I |
| Better forget You cannot pay the price | J |
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| You left them for the fame in which you trust | K |
| But youth and hope did you forsake them too | L |
| Courage When dust at length returns to dust | K |
| In your last dreams they may come back to you | L |
Alfred Noyes
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