Life's Track Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDDC EEFGGF HIJKKJ LLMNNM OOPQQP| This game of life is a dangerous play | A |
| Each human soul must watch alway | B |
| From the first to the very last | C |
| I care not however strong and pure | D |
| Let no man say he is perfectly sure | D |
| The dangerous reefs are past | C |
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| For many a rock may lurk near by | E |
| That never is seen when the tide is high | E |
| Let no man dare to boast | F |
| When the hand is full of trumps beware | G |
| For that is the time when thought and care | G |
| And nerve are needed most | F |
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| As the oldest jockey knows to his cost | H |
| Full many a well run race is lost | I |
| A brief half length from the wire | J |
| And many a soul that has fought with sin | K |
| And gained each battle at last gives in | K |
| To sudden fierce desire | J |
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| And vain seems the effort of spur and whip | L |
| Or the hoarse hot cry of the pallid lip | L |
| When once we have fallen back | M |
| It is better to keep on stirrup and rein | N |
| The steady poise and the careful strain | N |
| In speeding along Life's track | M |
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| A watchful eye and a strong true hand | O |
| Will carry us under the Judge's stand | O |
| If prayer too does its part | P |
| And little by little the struggling soul | Q |
| Will grow and strengthen and gain control | Q |
| Over the passionate heart | P |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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