The White Man Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAABCC DEDDFGG HIHHIJJ| Wherever the white man's feet have trod | A |
| Oh far does the white man stray | B |
| A bold road rifles the virginal sod | A |
| And the forest wakes out of its dream of God | A |
| To yield him the right of way | B |
| For this is the law BY THE POWER OF THOUGHT | C |
| FOR WORSE OR FOR BETTER ARE MIRACLES WROUGHT | C |
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| Wherever the white man's pathway leads | D |
| Far far has that pathway gone | E |
| The Earth is littered with broken creeds | D |
| And alway the dark man's tent recedes | D |
| And the white man pushes on | F |
| For this is the law BE IT GOOD OR ILL | G |
| ALL THINGS MUST YIELD TO THE STRONGER WILL | G |
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| Wherever the white man's light is shed | H |
| Oh far has that light been thrown | I |
| Though Nature has suffered and beauty bled | H |
| Yet the goal of the race has been thrust ahead | H |
| And the might of the race has grown | I |
| For this is the law BE IT CRUEL OR KIND | J |
| THE UNIVERSE SWAYS TO THE POWER OF MIND | J |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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