I'd Rather Be A Failure Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD EEFF GGHH| I'd rather be a failure than the man who's never tried | A |
| I'd rather seek the mountain top than always stand aside | A |
| Oh let me hold some lofty dream and make my desperate fight | B |
| And though I fail I still shall know I tried to serve the right | B |
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| The idlers line the ways of life and they are quick to sneer | C |
| They note the failing strength of man and greet it with a jeer | C |
| But there is something deep inside which scoffers fail to view | D |
| They never see the glorious deed the failure tried to do | D |
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| Some men there are who never leave the city's well worn streets | E |
| They never know the dangers grim the bold adventurer meets | E |
| They never seek a better way nor serve a nobler plan | F |
| They never risk with failure to advance the cause of man | F |
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| Oh better 'tis to fail and fall in sorrow and despair | G |
| Than stand where all is safe and sure and never face a care | G |
| Yes stamp me with the failure's brand and let men sneer at me | H |
| For though I've failed the Lord shall know the man I tried to be | H |
Edgar Albert Guest
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