The Men We Might Have Been Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABACAD EFEFGCGD AHAHICID JKJKJCJD| When God's wrath cloud is o'er me | A |
| Affrighting heart and mind | B |
| When days seem dark before me | A |
| And days seem black behind | B |
| Those friends who think they know me | A |
| Who deem their insight keen | C |
| They ne'er forget to show me | A |
| The man I might have been | D |
| - | |
| He's rich and independent | E |
| Or rising fast to fame | F |
| His bright star is ascendant | E |
| The country knows his name | F |
| His houses and his gardens | G |
| Are splendid to be seen | C |
| His fault the wise world pardons | G |
| The man I might have been | D |
| - | |
| His fame and fortune haunt me | A |
| His virtues wave me back | H |
| His name and prestige daunt me | A |
| When I would take the track | H |
| But you my friend true hearted | I |
| God keep our friendship green | C |
| You know how I was parted | I |
| From all I might have been | D |
| - | |
| But what avails the ache of | J |
| Remorse or weak regret | K |
| We'll battle for the sake of | J |
| The men we might be yet | K |
| We'll strive to keep in sight of | J |
| The brave the true and clean | C |
| And triumph yet in spite of | J |
| The men we might have been | D |
Henry Lawson
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