Ambition Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGD HIHIJDJD KLKLEME| If you would rise above the throng | A |
| And seek the crown of fame | B |
| You must do more than drift along | A |
| And merely play the game | B |
| Whatever path your feet may tread | C |
| Whatever be your quest | D |
| The only way to get ahead | C |
| Is striving for the best | D |
| - | |
| 'Tis not enough to wish to do | E |
| A day's toil fairly well | F |
| If you would rise to glory you | E |
| Must hunger to excel | F |
| The boy who has the proper stuff | G |
| Goes into every test | D |
| Not seeking to be 'good enough ' | - |
| But eager to be 'best ' | - |
| - | |
| Aim high And though you fail today | H |
| And may tomorrow fail | I |
| Keep pounding steadily away | H |
| Some day you'll hit the nail | I |
| At no half way mark ever pause | J |
| n smug content to rest | D |
| Who would win honor and applause | J |
| Must want to be the best | D |
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| The best must be your aim in life | K |
| The best in sport or work | L |
| Success in any form of strife | K |
| Falls never to the shirk | L |
| The crowns of leadership are few | E |
| The followers move in throngs | M |
| If you would be a leader you | E |
| Must shun the 'drift alongs ' | - |
Edgar Albert Guest
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