Obstacles Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDC EFGF HIEI| 'The slothful man saith There is a lion in the way a lion is in the street ' PROVERBS xxvi | A |
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| There are no lions in the street | B |
| No lions in the way | C |
| Go seek the goal thou slothful soul | D |
| Awake awake I say | C |
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| Thou dost but dream of obstacles | E |
| In God's great lexicon | F |
| That word illstarred no page has marred | G |
| Press on I say press on | F |
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| Nothing can keep thee from thine own | H |
| But thine own slothful mind | I |
| To one who knocks each door unlocks | E |
| And he who seeks shall find | I |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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