George Gray Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHEIBJKCCG| I have studied many times | A |
| The marble which was chiseled for me | B |
| A boat with a furled sail at rest in a harbor | C |
| In truth it pictures not my destination | D |
| But my life | E |
| For love was offered me and I shrank from its disillusionment | F |
| Sorrow knocked at my door but I was afraid | G |
| Ambition called to me but I dreaded the chances | H |
| Yet all the while I hungered for meaning in my life | E |
| And now I know that we must lift the sail | I |
| And catch the winds of destiny | B |
| Wherever they drive the boat | J |
| To put meaning in one's life may end in madness | K |
| But life without meaning is the torture | C |
| Of restlessness and vague desire | C |
| It is a boat longing for the sea and yet afraid | G |
Edgar Lee Masters
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