Courage Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDD EEFFGGHH IIJJKKLL MMNNOPQQ| Courage isn't a brilliant dash | A |
| A daring deed in a moment's flash | A |
| It isn't an instantaneous thing | B |
| Born of despair with a sudden spring | B |
| It isn't a creature of flickered hope | C |
| Or the final tug at a slipping rope | C |
| But it's something deep in the soul of man | D |
| That is working always to serve some plan | D |
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| Courage isn't the last resort | E |
| In the work of life or the game of sport | E |
| It isn't a thing that a man can call | F |
| At some future time when he's apt to fall | F |
| If he hasn't it now he will have it not | G |
| When the strain is great and the pace is hot | G |
| For who would strive for a distant goal | H |
| Must always have courage within his soul | H |
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| Courage isn't a dazzling light | I |
| That flashes and passes away from sight | I |
| It's a slow unwavering ingrained trait | J |
| With the patience to work and the strength to wait | J |
| It's part of a man when his skies are blue | K |
| It's part of him when he has work to do | K |
| The brave man never is freed of it | L |
| He has it when there is no need of it | L |
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| Courage was never designed for show | M |
| It isn't a thing that can come and go | M |
| It's written in victory and defeat | N |
| And every trial a man may meet | N |
| It's part of his hours his days and his years | O |
| Back of his smiles and behind his tears | P |
| Courage is more than a daring deed | Q |
| It's the breath of life and a strong man's creed | Q |
Edgar Albert Guest
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