Be Not Content Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD DEDE FGFG CHIH| Be not content contentment means inaction | A |
| The growing soul aches on its upward quest | B |
| Satiety is twin to satisfaction | A |
| All great achievements spring from life's unrest | B |
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| The tiny roots deep in the dark mould hiding | C |
| Would never bless the earth with leaf and flower | D |
| Were not an inborn restlessness abiding | C |
| In seed and germ to stir them with its power | D |
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| Were man contented with his lot forever | D |
| He had not sought strange seas with sails unfurled | E |
| And the vast wonder of our shores had never | D |
| Dawned on the gaze of an admiring world | E |
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| Prize what is yours but be not quite contented | F |
| There is a healthful restlessness of soul | G |
| By which a mighty purpose is augmented | F |
| In urging men to reach a higher goal | G |
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| So when the restless impulse rises driving | C |
| Your calm content before it do not grieve | H |
| It is the upward reaching of the spirit | I |
| Of the God in you to achieve achieve | H |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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