The Road Builder Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGDGD HEIEJDJD KLKLMNMD OPOPQDQD| I DO not care for garments fine | A |
| I do not care for medals bright | B |
| I have no wish to quench with wine | A |
| My thirst when I go home at night | B |
| I'm satisfied with work to do | C |
| And I'm content to bear my load | D |
| If only I can carve and hew | C |
| For those I love a better road | D |
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| I have no wish for luxury | E |
| If I must live it all alone | F |
| Nor do I toil that I may be | E |
| By many strangers better known | F |
| If I were here to toil for self | G |
| I'd have a very simple code | D |
| And I'd need very little pelf | G |
| But I'm the builder of a road | D |
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| I'm on this earth to pioneer | H |
| For those who follow after me | E |
| According to my service here | I |
| Their chance for splendid life will be | E |
| Into the future I must tread | J |
| Nor whimper at the present goad | D |
| 'Tis mine to blaze the path ahead | J |
| I am the builder of a road | D |
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| I dare not shirk what task I find | K |
| I dare not falsely step aside | L |
| Nor leave the tangled brush behind | K |
| My pathway must be clear and wide | L |
| For they will tread the way I go | M |
| They'll come to reap the seed I sowed | N |
| When I am sleeping 'neath the snow | M |
| I am the builder of a road | D |
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| It is for them I face the front | O |
| And strive to keep my pathway straight | P |
| It is for them I bear the brunt | O |
| Of selfishness and bitter hate | P |
| That they may know a smoother way | Q |
| That they may bear a lighter load | D |
| I smiling face the heat of day | Q |
| I am the builder of a road | D |
Edgar Albert Guest
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