If I Were A Man, A Young Man Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDCCEEA AFGFGGHIHIJJKHKH HLMLMFFHFFH| If I were a man a young man and knew what I know to day | A |
| I would look in the eyes of Life undaunted | B |
| By any Fate that might threaten me | C |
| I would give to the world what the world most wanted | D |
| Manhood that knows it can do and be | C |
| Courage that dares and faith that can see | C |
| Clear into the depths of the human soul | E |
| And find God there and the ultimate goal | E |
| If I were a man a young man and knew what I know to day | A |
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| If I were a man a young man and knew what I know to day | A |
| I would think of myself as the masterful creature | F |
| Of all the Masterful plan | G |
| The Formless Cause with form and feature | F |
| The Power that heeds not limit or ban | G |
| Man wonderful man | G |
| I would do good deeds and forget them straightway | H |
| I would weave my woes into ropes and climb | I |
| Up to the heights of the helper's gateway | H |
| And Life should serve me and Time | I |
| And I would sail out and out and find | J |
| The treasures that lie in the deep sea Mind | J |
| I would dream and think and act | K |
| I would work and love and pray | H |
| Till each dream and vision grew into a fact | K |
| If I were a man a young man and knew what I know to day | H |
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| If I were a man a young man and knew what I know to day | H |
| I would guard my passions as Kings guard treasures | L |
| And keep them high and clean | M |
| For the will of a man with his passions measures | L |
| It is strong as they are keen | M |
| I would think of each woman as some one's mother | F |
| I would think of each man as my own blood brother | F |
| And speed him along on his way | H |
| And the glory of life in this wonderful hour | F |
| Should fill me and thrill me with Conscious power | F |
| If I were a man a young man and knew what I know to day | H |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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