Alone Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBACDDC EFFEGHHG IJJIAKKA| Strange thoughts come to the man alone | A |
| 'Tis then if ever he talks with God | B |
| And views himself as a single clod | B |
| In the soil of life where the souls are grown | A |
| 'Tis then he questions the why and where | C |
| The start and end of his years and days | D |
| And what is blame and what is praise | D |
| And what is ugly and what is fair | C |
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| When a man has drawn from the busy throng | E |
| To the sweet retreat of the silent hours | F |
| Low voices whisper of higher powers | F |
| He catches the strain of some far off song | E |
| And the sham fades out and his eyes can see | G |
| Not the man he is in the day's hot strife | H |
| And the greed and grind of a selfish life | H |
| But the soul of the man he is to be | G |
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| He feels the throbbing of life divine | I |
| And catches a glimpse of the greater plan | J |
| He questions the purpose and work of man | J |
| In the hours of silence his mind grows fine | I |
| He seeks to learn what is kept unknown | A |
| He turns from self and its garb of clay | K |
| And dwells on the soul and the higher way | K |
| Strange thoughts come when a man's alone | A |
Edgar Albert Guest
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