Failures Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCE FGFG| 'Tis better to have tried in vain | A |
| Sincerely striving for a goal | B |
| Than to have lived upon the plain | A |
| An idle and a timid soul | B |
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| 'Tis better to have fought and spent | C |
| Your courage missing all applause | D |
| Than to have lived in smug content | C |
| And never ventured for a cause | E |
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| For he who tries and fails may be | F |
| The founder of a better day | G |
| Though never his the victory | F |
| From him shall others learn the way | G |
Edgar Albert Guest
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