The Finer Thought Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCAD EEFFGGH IIAAJKA LLMMAAII HHHHN OO| How fine it is at night to say | A |
| 'I have not wronged a soul to day | A |
| I have not by a word or deed | B |
| In any breast sowed anger's seed | B |
| Or caused a fellow being pain | C |
| Nor is there on my crest a stain | C |
| That shame has left In honor's way | A |
| With head erect I've lived this day ' | D |
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| When night slips down and day departs | E |
| And rest returns to weary hearts | E |
| How fine it is to close the book | F |
| Of records for the day and look | F |
| Once more along the traveled mile | G |
| And find that all has been worth while | G |
| To say ' In honor I have toiled | H |
| My plume is spotless and unsoiled ' | - |
| - | |
| Yet cold and stern a man may be | I |
| Retaining his integrity | I |
| And he may pass from day to day | A |
| A spirit dead in living clay | A |
| Observing strictly morals laws | J |
| Yet serving but a selfish cause | K |
| So it is not enough to say | A |
| 'I have not stooped to shame to day ' | - |
| - | |
| It is a finer nobler thought | L |
| When day is done and night has brought | L |
| The contemplative hours and sweet | M |
| And rest to weary hearts and feet | M |
| If man can stand in truth and say | A |
| 'I have been useful here to day | A |
| Back there is one I chanced to see | I |
| With hope newborn because of me | I |
| - | |
| 'This day in honor I have toiled | H |
| My shining crest is still unsoiled | H |
| But on the mile I leave behind | H |
| Is one who says that I was kind | H |
| And someone hums a cheerful song | N |
| Because I chanced to come along ' | - |
| Sweet rest at night that man shall own | O |
| Who has not lived his day alone | O |
Edgar Albert Guest
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