Will Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCA DEED FGGF HIIH AJKA| You will be what you will to be | A |
| Let failure find its false content | B |
| In that poor word environment | C |
| But spirit scorns it and is free | A |
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| It masters time it conquers space | D |
| It cows that boastful trickster Chance | E |
| And bids the tyrant Circumstance | E |
| Uncrown and fill a servant's place | D |
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| The human Will that force unseen | F |
| The offspring of a deathless Soul | G |
| Can hew the way to any goal | G |
| Though walls of granite intervene | F |
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| Be not impatient in delay | H |
| But wait as one who understands | I |
| When spirit rises and commands | I |
| The gods are ready to obey | H |
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| The river seeking for the sea | A |
| Confronts the dam and precipice | J |
| Yet knows it cannot fail or miss | K |
| You will be what you will to be | A |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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