Loser And Victor Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCDDEEFFDGHH IIJJDDK LLABMMNN| nd he had a ready ear | A |
| For the busy tongue of fear | B |
| And he had a timid mind | C |
| Unto fretfulness inclined | C |
| Filled with many reasons why | D |
| It was vain for him to try | D |
| Given a task he'd shake his head | E |
| 'Can't do that ' he often said | E |
| 'Times are hard and none will stay | F |
| Listen to the words I say | F |
| It is futile now to try | D |
| People simply will not buy ' | G |
| Thus he walked the streets of trade | H |
| Both discouraged and afraid | H |
| - | |
| But another kind of man | I |
| Thought this way 'Perhaps I can | I |
| If I will supply the pluck | J |
| Fortune may provide the luck | J |
| If I have the grit to try | D |
| There are people who may buy | D |
| Anyhow I'll not submit | K |
| To defeat before I'm hit ' | - |
| One was beaten from the start | L |
| Beaten by his doubting heart | L |
| Beaten when he gave his ear | A |
| To the busy tongue of fear | B |
| But another with his chance | M |
| Seized the moment to advance | M |
| And came happy home at night | N |
| Just because he dared to fight | N |
Edgar Albert Guest
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