Carving A Name Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFCG HIJI KFLF MNON| I wrote my name upon the sand | A |
| And trusted it would stand for aye | B |
| But soon alas the refluent sea | C |
| Had washed my feeble lines away | D |
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| I carved my name upon the wood | E |
| And after years returned again | F |
| I missed the shadow of the tree | C |
| That stretched of old upon the plain | G |
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| To solid marble next my name | H |
| I gave as a perpetual trust | I |
| An earthquake rent it to its base | J |
| And now it lies o'erlaid with dust | I |
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| All these have failed In wiser mood | K |
| I turn and ask myself What then | F |
| If I would have my name endure | L |
| I'll write it on the hearts of men | F |
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| In characters of living light | M |
| Of kindly deeds and actions wrought | N |
| And these beyond the touch of time | O |
| Shall live immortal as my thought | N |
Horatio Alger, Jr.
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