The Loss Is Not So Great Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD EEFF GGAA| It is better as it is I have failed but I can sleep | A |
| Though the pit I now am in is very dark and deep | A |
| I can walk to morrow's streets and can meet to morrow's men | B |
| Unashamed to face their gaze as I go to work again | B |
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| I have lost the hope I had in the dust are all my dreams | C |
| But my loss is not so great or so dreadful as it seems | C |
| I made my fight and though I failed I need not slink away | D |
| For I do not have to fear what another man may say | D |
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| They may call me over bold they may say that I was frail | E |
| They may tell I dared too much and was doomed at last to fail | E |
| They may talk my battle o'er and discuss it as they choose | F |
| But I did no brother wrong I'm the only one to lose | F |
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| It is better as it is I have kept my self respect | G |
| I can walk to morrow's streets meeting all men head erect | G |
| No man can charge his loss to a pledge I did not keep | A |
| I have no shame to regret I have failed but I can sleep | A |
Edgar Albert Guest
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