Equipment Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCD EEFGHH IIGFJJ KKLLMM NNAAC| Figure it out for yourself my lad | A |
| You've all that the greatest of men have had | A |
| Two arms two hands two legs two eyes | B |
| And a brain to use if you would be wise | B |
| With this equipment they all began | C |
| So start for the top and say 'I can ' | D |
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| Look them over the wise and great | E |
| They take their food from a common plate | E |
| And similar knives and forks they use | F |
| With similar laces they tie their shoes | G |
| The world considers them brave and smart | H |
| But you've all they had when they made their start | H |
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| You can triumph and come to skill | I |
| You can be great if only you will | I |
| You're well equipped for what fight you choose | G |
| You have legs and arms and a brain to use | F |
| And the man who has risen great deeds to do | J |
| Began his life with no more than you | J |
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| You are the handicap you must face | K |
| You are the one who must choose your place | K |
| You must say where you want to go | L |
| How much you will study the truth to know | L |
| God has equipped you for life But He | M |
| Lets you decide what you want to be | M |
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| Courage must come from the soul within | N |
| The man must furnish the will to win | N |
| So figure it out for yourself my lad | A |
| You were born with all that the great have had | A |
| With your equipment they all began | C |
| Get hold of yourself and say 'I can ' | - |
Edgar Albert Guest
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