The Purpose Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF| Over and over the task was set | A |
| Over and over I slighted the work | B |
| But ever and alway I knew that yet | A |
| I must face and finish the toil I shirk | B |
| - | |
| Over and over the whip of pain | C |
| Has spurred and punished with blow on blow | D |
| As ever and alway I tried in vain | C |
| To shun the labour I hated so | D |
| - | |
| Over and over I came this way | E |
| For just one purpose O stubborn soul | F |
| Turn with a will to your work to day | E |
| And learn the lesson of SELF CONTROL | F |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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