The Willing Horse Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCCDEEED FGFGHHHIJJJI HHHHKKKAHHHA| I'd rather be the willing horse that people ride to death | A |
| Than be the proud and haughty steed that children dare not touch | B |
| I'd rather haul a merry pack and finish out of breath | A |
| Than never leave the barn to toil because I'm worth too much | B |
| So boast your noble pedigrees | C |
| And talk of manners if you please | C |
| The weary horse enjoys his ease | C |
| When all his work is done | D |
| The willing horse day in and out | E |
| Can hear the merry children shout | E |
| And every time they are about | E |
| He shares in all their fun | D |
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| I want no guards beside my door to pick and choose my friends for me | F |
| I would not be shut off from men as is the fancy steed | G |
| I do not care when I go by that no one turns his eyes to see | F |
| The dashing manner of my gait which marks my noble breed | G |
| I am content to trudge the road | H |
| And willingly to draw my load | H |
| Sometimes to know the spur and goad | H |
| When I begin to lag | I |
| I'd rather feel the collar jerk | J |
| And tug at me the while I work | J |
| Than all the tasks of life to shirk | J |
| As does the stylish nag | I |
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| So let me be the willing horse that now and then is overtasked | H |
| Let me be one the children love and freely dare to ride | H |
| I'd rather be the gentle steed of which too much is sometimes asked | H |
| Than be the one that never knows the youngsters at his side | H |
| So drive me wheresoe'er you will | K |
| On level road or up the hill | K |
| Pile on my back the burdens still | K |
| And run me out of breath | A |
| In love and friendship day by day | H |
| And kindly words I'll take my pay | H |
| A willing horse that is the way | H |
| I choose to meet my death | A |
Edgar Albert Guest
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