Hard Knocks Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGDGD HIHIJDJD| I'm not the man to say that failure's sweet | A |
| Nor tell a chap to laugh when things go wrong | B |
| I know it hurts to have to take defeat | A |
| An' no one likes to lose before a throng | B |
| It isn't very pleasant not to win | C |
| When you have done the very best you could | D |
| But if you're down get up an' buckle in | C |
| A lickin' often does a fellow good | D |
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| I've seen some chaps who never knew their power | E |
| Until somebody knocked 'em to the floor | F |
| I've known men who discovered in an hour | E |
| A courage they had never shown before | F |
| I've seen 'em rise from failure to the top | G |
| By doin' things they hadn't understood | D |
| Before the day disaster made 'em drop | G |
| A lickin' often does a fellow good | D |
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| Success is not the teacher wise an' true | H |
| That gruff old failure is remember that | I |
| She's much too apt to make a fool of you | H |
| Which isn't true of blows that knock you flat | I |
| Hard knocks are painful things an' hard to bear | J |
| An' most of us would dodge 'em if we could | D |
| There's something mighty broadening in care | J |
| A lickin' often does a fellow good | D |
Edgar Albert Guest
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