Noblesse Oblige Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFCF GHGH| I hold it the duty of one who is gifted | A |
| And specially dowered I all men s sight | B |
| To know no rest till his life is lifted | A |
| Fully up to his great gifts height | B |
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| He must mould the man into rare completeness | C |
| For gems are only in gold refined | D |
| He must fashion his thoughts into perfect sweetness | C |
| And cast out folly and pride from his mind | D |
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| For he who drinks from a god s gold fountain | E |
| Of art of music or rhythmic song | F |
| Must sift from his soul the chaff of malice | C |
| And weed from his heart the roots of wrong | F |
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| Great gifts should be worn like a crown befitting | G |
| And not like gems in a beggar s hands | H |
| And the toil must be constant and unremitting | G |
| Which lifts up the king to the crown s demands | H |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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