Foes Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEDE FGFG BHBH IBIB DHDH| Thank Fate for foes I hold mine dear | A |
| As valued friends He cannot know | B |
| The zest of life who runneth here | C |
| His earthly race without a foe | B |
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| I saw a prize Run cried my friend | D |
| 'Tis thine to claim without a doubt | E |
| But ere I half way reached the end | D |
| I felt my strength was giving out | E |
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| My foe looked on the while I ran | F |
| A scornful triumph lit his eyes | G |
| With that perverseness born in man | F |
| I nerved myself and won the prize | G |
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| All blinded by the crimson glow | B |
| Of sin's disguise I tempted Fate | H |
| I knew thy weakness sneered my foe | B |
| I saved myself and balked his hate | H |
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| For half my blessings half my gain | I |
| I needs must thank my trusty foe | B |
| Despite his envy and disdain | I |
| He serves me well where'er I go | B |
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| So may I keep him to the end | D |
| Nor may his enmity abate | H |
| More faithful than the fondest friend | D |
| He guards me ever with his hate | H |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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