The Explorers Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDD AEFEBGHGIJKJ LMNNM OPQPRBAB| And some still cry What is the use | A |
| The service rendered What the gain | B |
| Heroic yes but in what cause | C |
| Have they made less one earth borne pain | B |
| Broadened the bounded spirit's scope | D |
| Or died to make the dull world hope | D |
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| Must man still be the slave of Use | A |
| But these men careless and elate | E |
| Join battle with a burly world | F |
| Or come to wrestling grips with fate | E |
| And not for any good nor gain | B |
| Nor any fame that may befall | G |
| But thrilling in the clutch of life | H |
| Heed the loud challenge and the call | G |
| And grown to symbols at the last | I |
| Stand in heroic silhouette | J |
| Against horizons ultimate | K |
| As towers that front lost seas are set | J |
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| The reckless gesture the strong pose | L |
| Sharp battle cry flung back to Earth | M |
| And buoyant humor as a god | N |
| Might say Lo here my feet have trod | N |
| There lies the meaning and the worth | M |
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| They bring no golden treasure home | O |
| They win no acres for their clan | P |
| Nor dream nor deed of theirs shall mend | Q |
| The ills of man's bedeviled span | P |
| Nor are they skilled in sleights of speech | R |
| Nor overeager to make plain | B |
| The use they serve transcending use | A |
| The gain beyond apparent gain | B |
Don Marquis
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