Making Good Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDEEED FGFGHIJJJI KLKLMNOLLP| No man can be a failure if he thinks he's a success | A |
| he may not own his roof tree overhead | B |
| He may be on his uppers and have hocked his evening dress | A |
| Financially speaking in the red | B |
| He may have chronic shortage to repay the old home mortgage | C |
| And almost be a bankrupt in his biz | D |
| But though he skips his dinner | E |
| And each day he's growing thinner | E |
| If he thinks he is a winner | E |
| Then he is | D |
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| But when I say Success I mean the sublimated kind | F |
| A man may gain it yet be on the dole | G |
| To me it's music of the heart and sunshine of the mind | F |
| Serenity and sweetness of the soul | G |
| You may not have a brace of bucks to jingle in your jeans | H |
| Far less the dough to buy a motor car | I |
| But though the row you're hoeing | J |
| May be grim ungodly going | J |
| If you think the skies are glowing | J |
| Then they are | I |
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| For a poor man may be wealthy and a millionaire may fail | K |
| It all depends upon the point of view | L |
| It's the sterling of your spirit tips the balance of the scale | K |
| It's optimism and it's up to you | L |
| For what I figure as success is simple Happiness | M |
| The consummate contentment of your mood | N |
| You may toil with brain and sinew | O |
| And though little wealth is win you | L |
| If there's health and hope within you | L |
| You've made good | P |
Robert Service
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