His Chance Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DC ECEI WANT a chance to show what I can do ' | A |
He sighed when others seemed to pass him by | B |
'There are great problems I could master too | C |
Somehow I never get the chance to try | B |
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Give me a chance to show what I can do ' | - |
This was the burden of his daily whine | D |
'I might achieve success as well as you | C |
If opportunity were mine ' | - |
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One day they bade him fill another's place | E |
Another's work they offered him to do | C |
He grumbled and a frown passed o'er his face | E |
'I am not paid to do the work of two ' | - |
Edgar Albert Guest
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