The Spur Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB A A A A A A A| I asked the rock beside the road what joy existence lent | A |
| It answered 'For a million years my heart has been content ' | B |
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| I asked the truffle seeking swine as rooting by he went | A |
| 'What is the keynote of your life ' He grunted out 'Content ' | - |
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| I asked a slave who toiled and sung just what his singing meant | A |
| He plodded on his changeless way and said 'I am content ' | - |
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| I asked a plutocrat of greed on what his thoughts were bent | A |
| He chinked the silver in his purse and said 'I am content ' | - |
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| I asked the mighty forest tree from whence its force was sent | A |
| Its thousand branches spoke as one and said 'From discontent ' | - |
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| I asked the message speeding on by what great law was rent | A |
| God's secret from the waves of space It said 'From discontent ' | - |
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| I asked the marble where the works of God and man were blent | A |
| What brought the statue from the block It answered 'Discontent ' | - |
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| I asked an Angel looking down on earth with gaze intent | A |
| How man should rise to larger growth Quoth he 'Through discontent ' | - |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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