As You Go Through Life Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFE GHIHJKLK MNONPQRQ| Don't look for the flaws as you go through life | A |
| And even when you find them | B |
| It is wise and kind to be somewhat blind | C |
| And look for the virtue behind them | B |
| For the cloudiest night has a hint of light | D |
| Somewhere in its shadows hiding | E |
| It's better by far to hunt for a star | F |
| Than the spots on the sun abiding | E |
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| The current of life runs ever away | G |
| To the bosom of God's great ocean | H |
| Don't set your force 'gainst the river's course | I |
| And think to alter its motion | H |
| Don't waste a curse on the universe | J |
| Remember it lived before you | K |
| Don't butt at the storm with your puny form | L |
| But bend and let it go o'er you | K |
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| The world will never adjust itself | M |
| To suit your whims to the letter | N |
| Some things must go wrong your whole life long | O |
| And the sooner you know it the better | N |
| It is folly to fight with the Infinite | P |
| And go under at last in the wrestle | Q |
| The wiser man shapes into God's plan | R |
| As water shapes into a vessel | Q |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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