To The Failures Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCCBDD EEFGGFDD HHIAAIJJ KKCJJCLL| YOURS is the loser's part to play | A |
| For you the goal is far away | A |
| And never to be gained | B |
| It is your lot to stand and see | C |
| The golden apples on life's tree | C |
| By some one else attained | B |
| To view with yearning in your eyes | D |
| Another grasp the precious prize | D |
| - | |
| It is for you to wade through fire | E |
| To feel the burning of desire | E |
| And want unsatisfied | F |
| And from the sleepless hours of night | G |
| You rise at morn once more to fight | G |
| With victory denied | F |
| Spurred on by hope that never dies | D |
| You struggle ever toward the prize | D |
| - | |
| A failure Yes as glory goes | H |
| Yet braver in the end than those | H |
| Who life's great battles win | I |
| For you return at break of day | A |
| With courage to renew the fray | A |
| And with a lifted chin | I |
| You strive once more to reach the goal | J |
| And ground your bark upon a shoal | J |
| - | |
| But when earth's story shall be told | K |
| And God's great purpose we behold | K |
| With eyes new born to see | C |
| When we have passed beyond the pale | J |
| Of earth and torn aside the veil | J |
| Of death's great mystery | C |
| As souls victorious you'll stand | L |
| And God's great prizes you'll command | L |
Edgar Albert Guest
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