The Limitations Of Greatness Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCC DEDEFG GHGHIINO MAN really knows enough | A |
To be hateful to his brother | B |
None is rich enough to cuff | A |
And be cruel to another | B |
None so clever that he can | C |
Justly wrong his fellow man | C |
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No one is so strong that he | D |
Has the right to curb the weak | E |
None so great that properly | D |
He can trample down the meek | E |
There is nothing in success | F |
That excuses selfishness | G |
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Climb unto the topmost bights | G |
Win yourself an honored name | H |
But respect another's rights | G |
Raise the weak and help the lame | H |
Strength of muscle or of mind | I |
Gives no right to be unkind | I |
Edgar Albert Guest
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