I Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCDD ACACEFGG CHCHIICC JKJKLLCC MNMNAACC| Nobody hates me more than I | A |
| No enemy have I to day | B |
| That I so bravely must defy | A |
| There are no foes along my way | B |
| However bitter they may be | C |
| So powerful to injure me | C |
| As I am nor so quick to spoil | D |
| The beauty of my bit of toil | D |
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| Nobody harms me more than I | A |
| No one is meaner unto me | C |
| Of all the foes that pass me by | A |
| I am the worst one that I see | C |
| I am the dangerous man to fear | E |
| I am the cause of sorrow here | F |
| Of all men 'gainst my hopes inclined | G |
| I am myself the most unkind | G |
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| I do more harmful things to me | C |
| Than all the men who seem to hate | H |
| I am the fellow that should be | C |
| More dreaded than the works of fate | H |
| I am the one that I must fight | I |
| With all my will and all my might | I |
| My foes are better friends to me | C |
| Than I have ever proved to be | C |
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| I am the careless foe and mean | J |
| I am the selfish rival too | K |
| My enmity to me is seen | J |
| In almost everything I do | K |
| More courage it requires to beat | L |
| Myself than all the foes I meet | L |
| I am more traitorous to me | C |
| Than other men could ever be | C |
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| In every struggle I have lost | M |
| I am the one that was to blame | N |
| My weaknesses cannot be glossed | M |
| By glib excuses I was lame | N |
| I that would dare for fame or pelf | A |
| Am far less daring with myself | A |
| I care not who my foes may be | C |
| I am my own worst enemy | C |
Edgar Albert Guest
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