Can't Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFAGAG CHCHEIEI AJAJCGC| Can't is the worst word that's written or spoken | A |
| Doing more harm here than slander and lies | B |
| On it is many a strong spirit broken | A |
| And with it many a good purpose dies | B |
| It springs from the lips of the thoughtless each morning | C |
| And robs us of courage we need through the day | D |
| It rings in our ears like a timely sent warning | C |
| And laughs when we falter and fall by the way | D |
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| Can't is the father of feeble endeavor | E |
| The parent of terror and half hearted work | F |
| It weakens the efforts of artisans clever | E |
| And makes of the toiler an indolent shirk | F |
| It poisons the soul of the man with a vision | A |
| It stifles in infancy many a plan | G |
| It greets honest toiling with open derision | A |
| And mocks at the hopes and the dreams of a man | G |
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| Can't is a word none should speak without blushing | C |
| To utter it should be a symbol of shame | H |
| Ambition and courage it daily is crushing | C |
| It blights a man's purpose and shortens his aim | H |
| Despise it with all of your hatred of error | E |
| Refuse it the lodgment it seeks in your brain | I |
| Arm against it as a creature of terror | E |
| And all that you dream of you some day shall gain | I |
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| Can't is the word that is foe to ambition | A |
| An enemy ambushed to shatter your will | J |
| Its prey is forever the man with a mission | A |
| And bows but to courage and patience and skill | J |
| Hate it with hatred that's deep and undying | C |
| For once it is welcomed 'twill break any man | G |
| Whatever the goal you are seeking keep trying | C |
| And answer this demon by saying 'I can ' | - |
Edgar Albert Guest
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