Circumstance Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCA DEED FGHF EIIE JKKJ| Talk not to me of souls that do conceive | A |
| Sublime ideals but deterred by Fate | B |
| And bound by circumstances sit desolate | C |
| And long for heights they never can achieve | A |
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| It is not so That which we most desire | D |
| With understanding we at last obtain | E |
| In part or whole I hold there is no rain | E |
| No deluge that can quench a heavenly fire | D |
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| Show me thy labour I straightway will name | F |
| The nature of thy thoughts Who bends the bow | G |
| And lets the arrow from the strained string go | H |
| Strikes somewhere near the object of his aim | F |
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| We build our ships from timbers of the brain | E |
| With products of the soul we load the hold | I |
| Where lies the blame if they bring back no gold | I |
| Or if they spring a leak upon the main | E |
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| There is no Fate no Providence no Chance | J |
| The will is all So be it thou art pure | K |
| And strong of purpose thy success is sure | K |
| But fools and sluggards prate of circumstance | J |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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