Booker T Washington Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBCCBBCDEDEDE| The word is writ that he who runs may read | A |
| What is the passing breath of earthly fame | B |
| But to snatch glory from the hands of blame | B |
| That is to be to live to strive indeed | C |
| A poor Virginia cabin gave the seed | C |
| And from its dark and lowly door there came | B |
| A peer of princes in the world's acclaim | B |
| A master spirit for the nation's need | C |
| Strong silent purposeful beyond his kind | D |
| The mark of rugged force on brow and lip | E |
| Straight on he goes nor turns to look behind | D |
| Where hot the hounds come baying at his hip | E |
| With one idea foremost in his mind | D |
| Like the keen prow of some on forging ship | E |
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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