Into The World Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFGF AHAH IJIJ KLKM NONO NBNBOut over childhood's borders | A |
Manhood's brave banners unfurled | B |
Weighed down with precepts and orders | A |
A boy has gone into the world | B |
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Nobody thinks it pathetic | C |
For he is a strong armed youth | D |
But where is the vision prophetic | C |
To forecast his future with truth | D |
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No more a child to be petted | E |
And sheltered away from the strife | F |
Henceforth a man to be fretted | G |
And worn with the worries of life | F |
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Henceforth a man with others | A |
To scramble and push in the race | H |
To jostle and crowd with his brothers | A |
To struggle for gain and place | H |
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Now though his heart is breaking | I |
Henceforth his lids must be dry | J |
Now though his soul is aching | I |
He must not utter a cry | J |
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Now if his brain is troubled | K |
Now if his courage has gone | L |
Still must his strength be doubled | K |
Still must the battle go on | M |
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Now if success shall crown him | N |
Oh how the world will cheer | O |
Now if misfortune shall down him | N |
Oh how the scoffer will jeer | O |
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Virtue and truth attend him | N |
Into the vortex whirled | B |
God and His angels defend him | N |
A boy has gone into the world | B |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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