I Might-and I Might Not Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EEDD FFGGI might forget ambition and the hunger for success | A |
I might forget the passion to escape from nothingness | B |
I might forget the curious dreams of ecstasy that haunt | C |
My fancy day and night I might forget them But I can't | D |
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If I could let the pen alone and leave the inkstand dry | E |
And forego perpetual effort to be climbing climbing high | E |
And lay aside my mad designs to startle and enchant | D |
I might enjoy the sweet of common living But I can't | D |
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I might be just a Philistine and eat and drink and sleep | F |
And drive a dusty motor and pile money in a heap | F |
And let the stream of life run through my brain and be forgot | G |
If I did I might be happier I might and I might not | G |
Gamaliel Bradford
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