The Plugger Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEGHIHI JCJCKLKL| He isn't very brilliant and his pace is often slow | A |
| There's nothing very flashy in his style | B |
| He has to dig and labor for the things he wants to know | A |
| And lie's busy learning something all the while | B |
| The clever men go by him in a hurry day by day | C |
| And the stars get all the mention and the fame | D |
| But the patient steady plugger in a thorough sort of way | C |
| Keeps on going and he gets there just the same | D |
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| He's a quiet sort of fellow and tie's backward in his speech | E |
| You'd never find him clamoring for applause | F |
| He will listen to another who has anything to teach | E |
| And he never worries working for a cause | G |
| He may take a little longer with the task he has to do | H |
| Than to genius whose talents seem to run | I |
| But you'll find the patient plugger at the finish coming through | H |
| And there's merit in his labor when it's done | I |
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| He is slow in getting started he must know the reason why | J |
| Certain things occur within a certain way | C |
| There is nothing in his method to attract the passer by | J |
| And at times you'd think he's wasted many a day | C |
| But when brilliant men have faded and the stars have lost their light | K |
| When the clever men have stumbled in despair | L |
| When the great have come to failure with the goal they sought in sight | K |
| You'll find the patient plugger getting there | L |
Edgar Albert Guest
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