If I Had Youth Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABACAC DEDEFGFG HIHIJKJK ALALFMFM| If I had youth I'd bid the world to try me | A |
| I'd answer every challenge to my will | B |
| And though the silent mountains should defy me | A |
| I'd try to make them subject to my skill | B |
| I'd keep my dreams and follow where they led me | A |
| I'd glory in the hazards which abound | C |
| I'd eat the simple fare privations fed me | A |
| And gladly make my couch upon the ground | C |
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| If I had youth I'd ask no odds of distance | D |
| Nor wish to tread the known and level ways | E |
| I'd want to meet and master strong resistance | D |
| And in a worth while struggle spend my days | E |
| I'd seek the task which calls for full endeavor | F |
| I'd feel the thrill of battle in my veins | G |
| I'd bear my burden gallantly and never | F |
| Desert the hills to walk on common plains | G |
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| If I had youth no thought of failure lurking | H |
| Beyond to morrow's dawn should fright my soul | I |
| Let failure strike it still should find me working | H |
| With faith that I should some day reach my goal | I |
| I'd dice with danger aye and glory in it | J |
| I'd make high stakes the purpose of my throw | K |
| I'd risk for much and should I fail to win it | J |
| I would not ever whimper at the blow | K |
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| If I had youth no chains of fear should bind me | A |
| I'd brave the heights which older men must shun | L |
| I'd leave the well worn lanes of life behind me | A |
| And seek to do what men have never done | L |
| Rich prizes wait for those who do not waver | F |
| The world needs men to battle for the truth | M |
| It calls each hour for stronger hearts and braver | F |
| This is the age for those who still have youth | M |
Edgar Albert Guest
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