To A Young Man Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBCCADDAEEFFAGGBHHI IBJJAKKLLADD| The great were once as you | A |
| They whom men magnify to day | B |
| Once groped and blundered on life's way | B |
| Were fearful of themselves and thought | C |
| By magic was men's greatness wrought | C |
| They feared to try what they could do | A |
| Yet Fame hath crowned with her success | D |
| The selfsame gifts that you possess | D |
| The great were young as you | A |
| Dreaming the very dreams you hold | E |
| Longing yet fearing to be bold | E |
| Doubting that they themselves possessed | F |
| The strength and skill for every test | F |
| Uncertain of the truths they knew | A |
| Not sure that they could stand to fate | G |
| With all the courage of the great | G |
| Then came a day when they | B |
| Their first bold venture made | H |
| Scorning to cry for aid | H |
| They dared to stand to fight alone | I |
| Took up the gauntlet life had thrown | I |
| Charged full front to the fray | B |
| Mastered their fear of self and then | J |
| Learned that our great men are but men | J |
| Oh youth go forth and do | A |
| You too to fame may rise | K |
| You can be strong and wise | K |
| Stand up to life and play the man | L |
| You can if you'll but think you can | L |
| The great were once as you | A |
| You envy them their proud success | D |
| 'Twas won with gifts that you possess | D |
Edgar Albert Guest
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