Into The World Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFGF AHAH IJIJ KLKM NONO NBNB| Out 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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