Life Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCBDB EBEBFBFB GBGBHBHBLife is a jest | A |
Take the delight of it | B |
Laughter is best | A |
Sing through the night of it | B |
Swiftly the tear | C |
And the hurt and the ache of it | B |
Find us down here | D |
Life must be what we make of it | B |
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Life is a song | E |
Let us dance to the thrill of it | B |
Grief's hours are long | E |
And cold is the chill of it | B |
Joy is man's need | F |
Let us smile for the sake of it | B |
This be our creed | F |
Life must be what we make of it | B |
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Life is a soul | G |
The virtue and vice of it | B |
Strife for a goal | G |
And man's strength is the price of it | B |
Your life and mine | H |
The bare bread and the cake of it | B |
End in this line | H |
Life must be what we make of it | B |
Edgar Albert Guest
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