Duty Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCC DEDEFF GHGHII| To do your little bit of toil | A |
| To play life's game with head erect | B |
| To stoop to nothing that would soil | A |
| Your honor or your self respect | B |
| To win what gold and fame you can | C |
| But first of all to be a man | C |
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| To know the bitter and the sweet | D |
| The sunshine and the days of rain | E |
| To meet both victory and defeat | D |
| Nor boast too loudly nor complain | E |
| To face whatever fates befall | F |
| And be a man throughout it all | F |
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| To seek success in honest strife | G |
| But not to value it so much | H |
| That winning it you go through life | G |
| Stained by dishonor's scarlet touch | H |
| What goal or dream you choose pursue | I |
| But be a man whate'er you do | I |
Edgar Albert Guest
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