Two Friends Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABC D E F GGD HH I J K LLMM NNCC OOPP| One day Ambition in his endless round | A |
| All filled with vague and nameless longings found | A |
| Slow wasting Genius who from spot to spot | B |
| Went idly grazing through the Realms of Thought | C |
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| Ambition cried 'Come wander forth with me | D |
| I like thy face but cannot stay with thee ' | - |
| 'I will ' said Genius 'for I needs must own | E |
| I'm getting dull by being much alone ' | - |
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| 'Your hands are cold come warm them at my fire ' | - |
| Ambition said 'Now what is thy desire ' | - |
| Quoth Genius ''Neath the sod of yonder heather | F |
| Lie gems untold Let's plough them out together ' | - |
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| They bent like strong young oxen to the plough | G |
| This done Ambition questioned 'Whither now | G |
| We'll leave these gems for all the world to see | D |
| New sports and pleasures wait for thee and me ' | - |
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| Said Genius 'Yonder ghostly ruin stands | H |
| A blot and blemish on surrounding lands | H |
| Let's fling sweet blooming fancies everywhere ' | - |
| Soon all the world in wonder came to stare | I |
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| 'Come come ' Ambition cried 'Pray do be gone | J |
| From this dull place I would go further on ' | - |
| 'There lies ' said Genius 'up on yonder peak | K |
| A Prize alone I have not cared to seek ' | - |
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| Up up they went as swift as sure as Time | L |
| They seemed to soar in truth they did but climb | L |
| And there in sight of all the world beneath | M |
| Ambition crowned fair Genius with a wreath | M |
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| All day they journeyed swift from place to place | N |
| Ambition led and Genius joined the chase | N |
| In every realm of fancy or of thought | C |
| All depths they sounded and all heights they sought | C |
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| Now hand in hand for evermore they stray | O |
| And if they part or quarrel for a day | O |
| You'll find Ambition aimless reckless wild | P |
| And Genius moping like an idle child | P |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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