The Crucible Of Life Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCC DDEEFF GGAAFF HHIIFF| Sunshine and shadow blue sky and gray | A |
| Laughter and tears as we tread on our way | A |
| Hearts that are heavy then hearts that are light | B |
| Eyes that are misty and eyes that are bright | B |
| Losses and gains in the heat of the strife | C |
| Each in proportion to round out his life | C |
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| Into the crucible stirred by the years | D |
| Go all our hopes and misgivings and fears | D |
| Glad days and sad days our pleasures and pains | E |
| Worries and comforts our losses and gains | E |
| Out of the crucible shall there not come | F |
| Joy undefiled when we pour off the scum | F |
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| Out of the sadness and anguish and woe | G |
| Out of the travail and burdens we know | G |
| Out of the shadow that darkens the way | A |
| Out of the failure that tries us to day | A |
| Have you a doubt that contentment will come | F |
| When you've purified life and discarded the scum | F |
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| Tinctured with sorrow and flavored with sighs | H |
| Moistened with tears that have flowed from your eyes | H |
| Perfumed with sweetness of loves that have died | I |
| Leavened with failures with grief sanctified | I |
| Sacred and sweet is the joy that must come | F |
| From the furnace of life when you've poured off the scum | F |
Edgar Albert Guest
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