Lost Opportunities Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEF BBGGHHIIJJ AAKKLLJJEE MMNNOPLLKK| 'When I am rich ' he used to say | A |
| 'A thousand joys I'll give away | A |
| I'll walk among the poor I find | B |
| And unto one and all be kind | B |
| I'll place a wreath of roses red | C |
| Upon the bier of all my dead | C |
| I'll help the struggling youth to climb | D |
| In doing good I'll spend my time | D |
| To all in need I'll friendly be | E |
| The day that fortune smiles on me ' | F |
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| He never guessed that being kind | B |
| Depends upon the heart and mind | B |
| And not upon the purse at all | G |
| That poor men's gifts however small | G |
| Make light some weary traveler's load | H |
| And smooth for him his troubled road | H |
| He never knew or understood | I |
| The fellowship of doing good | I |
| Because he had not much to spare | J |
| He thought it vain to give his share | J |
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| Yet many passed him day by day | A |
| He might have helped along the way | A |
| He fancied kindness something which | K |
| Belongs entirely to the rich | K |
| And so he lived and toiled for gold | L |
| Unsympathetic harsh and cold | L |
| Intending all the time to share | J |
| The burdens that his brothers bear | J |
| When he possessed great wealth and he | E |
| Could well afford a friend to be | E |
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| His fortune came but oh too late | M |
| The poor about him could not wait | M |
| They never guessed and never knew | N |
| The things that he had meant to do | N |
| Few knew how much he'd planned to give | O |
| If God had only let him live | P |
| And when at last his form was cold | L |
| All that he'd left on earth was gold | L |
| A kindly name is something which | K |
| A man must earn before he's rich | K |
Edgar Albert Guest
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