My Creed Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDD EEFFGGHH IIJJKKLL| To live as gently as I can | A |
| To be no matter where a man | A |
| To take what comes of good or ill | B |
| And cling to faith and honor still | B |
| To do my best and let that stand | C |
| The record of my brain and hand | C |
| And then should failure come to me | D |
| Still work and hope for victory | D |
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| To have no secret place wherein | E |
| I stoop unseen to shame or sin | E |
| To be the same when I'm alone | F |
| As when my every deed is known | F |
| To live undaunted unafraid | G |
| Of any step that I have made | G |
| To be without pretense or sham | H |
| Exactly what men think I am | H |
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| To leave some simple mark behind | I |
| To keep my having lived in mind | I |
| If enmity to aught I show | J |
| To be an honest generous foe | J |
| To play my little part nor whine | K |
| That greater honors are not mine | K |
| This I believe is all I need | L |
| For my philosophy and creed | L |
Edgar Albert Guest
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