The House Of Life Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD AEAE BFBF GHGH IIII| They are the wise who look before | A |
| Nor fear to look behind | B |
| Who in the darkness still ignore | A |
| Pale shadows of the mind | B |
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| Who having lost though loss be much | C |
| Still dare to dream and do | D |
| For what was shattered at a touch | C |
| It may be mended too | D |
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| The House of Life hath many a door | A |
| That leads to many a room | E |
| And only they who look before | A |
| Shall win beyond its gloom | E |
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| Who stand and sigh and look behind | B |
| Regretful of past years | F |
| No room of all those rooms shall find | B |
| That is not filled with fears | F |
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| 'T is better not to stop or stay | G |
| But set all fear aside | H |
| Fling wide the door whate'er the way | G |
| And enter at a stride | H |
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| Who dares may win to his desire | I |
| Or failing reach the tower | I |
| Whereon Life lights the beacon fire | I |
| Of one immortal hour | I |
Madison Julius Cawein
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