Two Lives Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCDEDF GHGHGIGIJKJL| TWO youths from a village set out together | A |
| To seek their fortune the wide world through | B |
| One cried 'Hurra for the autumn weather ' | C |
| The other sighed 'Winter is almost due ' | C |
| One failed they said for he never was thrifty | D |
| Returned to the village and laughed and loved | E |
| The other succeeded and when he was fifty | D |
| Had millions and fame and the world approved | F |
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| But the failure was happy his smile a blessing | G |
| The dogs and the children romped at his feet | H |
| While from him who succeeded tho' much possessing | G |
| The little ones shrank when they chanced to meet | H |
| One purchased respect by his lordly giving | G |
| The other won love by his loving ways | I |
| And if either had doubts of his way of living | G |
| It wasn't the one with the humble days | I |
| They never knew it but both were teachers | J |
| Of deep life secrets these village youths | K |
| The one of a school where Facts are preachers | J |
| The other of a world that worships Truths | L |
John Boyle O'reilly
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