The Successful Man Has Thrust Himself Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCDEFGHIJKLDLLLMLN OMPP| The successful man has thrust himself | A |
| Through the water of the years | B |
| Reeking wet with mistakes | C |
| Bloody mistakes | C |
| Slimed with victories over the lesser | D |
| A figure thankful on the shore of money | E |
| Then with the bones of fools | F |
| He buys silken banners | G |
| Limned with his triumphant face | H |
| With the skins of wise men | I |
| He buys the trivial bows of all | J |
| Flesh painted with marrow | K |
| Contributes a coverlet | L |
| A coverlet for his contented slumber | D |
| In guiltless ignorance in ignorant guilt | L |
| He delivered his secrets to the riven multitude | L |
| Thus I defended Thus I wrought | L |
| Complacent smiling | M |
| He stands heavily on the dead | L |
| Erect on a pillar of skulls | N |
| He declaims his trampling of babes | O |
| Smirking fat dripping | M |
| He makes speech in guiltless ignorance | P |
| Innocence | P |
Stephen Crane
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