The Dull Road Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAC DEDE FGFG DHDH| It's the dull road that leads to the gay road | A |
| The practice that leads to success | B |
| The work road that leads to the play road | A |
| It is trouble that breeds happiness | C |
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| It's the hard work and merciless grinding | D |
| That purchases glory and fame | E |
| It's repeatedly doing nor minding | D |
| The drudgery drear of the game | E |
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| It's the passing up glamor or pleasure | F |
| For the sake of the skill we may gain | G |
| And in giving up comfort or leisure | F |
| For the joy that we hope to attain | G |
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| It's the hard road of trying and learning | D |
| Of toiling uncheered and alone | H |
| That wins us the prizes worth earning | D |
| And leads us to goals we would own | H |
Edgar Albert Guest
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