There Are No Gods! Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCDEFEFDDDDGHGH IJIJ| There are no gods that bring to youth | A |
| The rich rewards that stalwarts claim | B |
| The god of fortune is in truth | A |
| A vision and an empty name | B |
| The toiler who through doubt and care | C |
| Unto his goal and victory plods | D |
| With no one need his glory share | C |
| He is himself his favoring gods | D |
| There are no gods that will bestow | E |
| Earth's joys and blessings on a man | F |
| Each one must choose the path he'll go | E |
| Then win from it what joy he can | F |
| And he that battles with the odds | D |
| Shall know success but he who waits | D |
| The favors of the mystic gods | D |
| Shall never come to glory's gates | D |
| No man is greater than his will | G |
| No gods to him will lend a hand | H |
| Upon his courage and his skill | G |
| The record of his life must stand | H |
| What honors shall befall to him | I |
| What he shall claim of fame or pelf | J |
| Depend not on the favoring whim | I |
| Of fortune's god but on himself | J |
Edgar Albert Guest
(1)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
About There Are No Gods!
There Are No Gods! is a poem by Edgar Albert Guest. This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.
Write your comment about There Are No Gods! poem by Edgar Albert Guest
Best Poems of Edgar Albert Guest