Ambition And Art Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABA CDCD EFEF GDGD EFEF HIHI JFJF KLKL MEME NONO PQDQD RSRL EEEE TDTD POOO IFIF| Ambition | A |
| I am the maid of the lustrous eyes | B |
| Of great fruition | A |
| Whom the sons of men that are over wise | B |
| Have called Ambition | A |
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| And the world's success is the only goal | C |
| I have within me | D |
| The meanest man with the smallest soul | C |
| May woo and win me | D |
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| For the lust of power and the pride of place | E |
| To all I proffer | F |
| Wilt thou take thy part in the crowded race | E |
| For what I offer | F |
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| The choice is thine and the world is wide | G |
| Thy path is lonely | D |
| I may not lead and I may not guide | G |
| I urge thee only | D |
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| I am just a whip and a spur that smites | E |
| To fierce endeavour | F |
| In the restless days and the sleepless nights | E |
| I urge thee ever | F |
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| Thou shalt wake from sleep with a startled cry | H |
| In fright unleaping | I |
| At a rival's step as it passes by | H |
| Whilst thou art sleeping | I |
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| Honour and truth shall be overthrown | J |
| In fierce desire | F |
| Thou shalt use thy friend as a stepping stone | J |
| To mount thee higher | F |
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| When the curtain falls on the sordid strife | K |
| That seemed so splendid | L |
| Thou shalt look with pain on the wasted life | K |
| That thou hast ended | L |
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| Thou hast sold thy life for a guerdon small | M |
| In fitful flashes | E |
| There has been reward but the end of all | M |
| Is dust and ashes | E |
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| For the night has come and it brings to naught | N |
| Thy projects cherished | O |
| And thine epitaph shall in brass be wrought | N |
| He lived and perished | O |
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| Art | P |
| I wait for thee at the outer gate | Q |
| My love mine only | D |
| Wherefore tarriest thou so late | Q |
| While I am lonely | D |
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| Thou shalt seek my side with a footstep swift | R |
| In thee implanted | S |
| Is the love of Art and the greatest gift | R |
| That God has granted | L |
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| And the world's concerns with its rights and wrongs | E |
| Shall seem but small things | E |
| Poet or painter or singer of songs | E |
| Thine art is all things | E |
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| For the wine of life is a woman's love | T |
| To keep beside thee | D |
| But the love of Art is a thing above | T |
| A star to guide thee | D |
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| As the years go by with the love of Art | P |
| All undiminished | O |
| Thou shalt end thy days with a quiet geart | O |
| Thy work is finished | O |
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| So the painter fashions a picture strong | I |
| That fadeth never | F |
| And the singer singeth a wondrous song | I |
| That lives for ever | F |
Banjo Paterson
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