The Fight With Self Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFGFHIHI JKJLMDMD| WALL have fights to make with self | A |
| And these are the bitterest fights of all | B |
| Worse than the fight for a hoard of pelf | A |
| Is the fight to master our vices small | B |
| Worse than the fight on the battle line | C |
| Is the struggle that many a man goes through | D |
| To rid himself of the thirst for wine | C |
| That he may live as he wants to do | D |
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| Temptation knocks at the good priest's door | E |
| And fierce is the struggle within his breast | F |
| But he kneels and prays till the siege is o'er | G |
| And rises a victor in the test | F |
| And man and woman must fight as he | H |
| The things of self that would drag us down | I |
| And over ourselves get the mastery | H |
| Else all we gain is a paper crown | I |
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| Oh the fight for wealth and the fight for fame | J |
| The fight for glory and world applause | K |
| The struggle too for an honored name | J |
| And I 'd list the fight for a noble cause | L |
| Are simple things if the truth were known | M |
| Compared to the struggle a man goes through | D |
| In his fight with self when he's all alone | M |
| To live a life that is clean and true | D |
Edgar Albert Guest
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