A Good Name Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDD EEFFDDGG EEHHIIJJ AAKKJJLL| Men talk too much of gold and fame | A |
| And not enough about a name | A |
| And yet a good name's better far | B |
| Than all earth's glistening jewels are | B |
| Who holds his name above all price | C |
| And chooses every sacrifice | C |
| To keep his earthly record clear | D |
| Can face the world without a fear | D |
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| Who never cheats nor lies for gain | E |
| A poor man may perhaps remain | E |
| Yet when at night he goes to rest | F |
| No little voice within his breast | F |
| Disturbs his slumber Conscience clear | D |
| He falls asleep with naught to fear | D |
| And when he wakes the world to face | G |
| He is not tainted by disgrace | G |
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| Who keeps his name without a stain | E |
| Wears no man's brand and no man's chain | E |
| He need not fear to speak his mind | H |
| In dread of what the world may find | H |
| He then is master of his will | I |
| None may command him to be still | I |
| Nor force him when he would stand fast | J |
| To flinch before his hidden past | J |
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| Not all the gold that men may claim | A |
| Can cover up a deed of shame | A |
| Not all the fame of victory sweet | K |
| Can free the man who played the cheat | K |
| He lives a slave unto the last | J |
| Unto the shame that mars his past | J |
| He only freedom here may own | L |
| Whose name a stain has never known | L |
Edgar Albert Guest
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