Don’t Quit

When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,

When the road you’re trudging seems all uphill,

When the funds are low and the debts are high,

And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,

When care is pressing you down a bit,

Rest if you must- but don’t you quit.

Life is queer with its twists and turns,

As every one of us sometimes learns,

And many a fellow turns about

When he might have won had he stuck it out

Don’t give up though the pace seems slow

You might succeed with another blow.

Success is failure turned inside out

The silver tint in the clouds of doubt

And you never can tell how close you are;

It might be near when it seems afar;

So, stick to the fight when you’re hardest hit,

It’s when things seem worst that you must not quit.

    –Edgar A.Guest

Figure of Speech

Alliteration:

When things go wrong, as they   sometimes will – v

And   you want to smile, but you have to sigh – s

Life   is queer with its twists and turns – t

Don’t   give up though the pace seems slow – S

And   you never can tell how close you are – C

So,   stick to the fight when you’re hardest hit – h

It’s   when things seem worst that you must not quit – w, t

Metaphor

The   silver tint in the clouds of doubt

Oxymoron:

And   you want to smile, but you have to sigh

It   might be near when it seems afar

Anaphora:

When things go wrong, as they sometimes   will,

When the road you’re trudging seems all   uphill,

When the funds are low and the debts are   high,

Repetition:

And   you want to smile, but you have to sigh,

When   care is pressing you down a bit,

Rest   if you must- but don’t you quit.

Rhyme Scheme

aabbcc – Will, uphill; high, sigh; bit,   quit; turns, learns; about, out; slow, blow; out, doubt; are, afar; hit,   quit;