When I compare
What I have lost with what I have gained,
What I have missed with what attained,
Little room do I find for pride.
I am aware
How many days have been idly spent;
How like an arrow the good intent
Has fallen short or been turned aside.
But who shall dare
To measure loss and gain in this wise?
Defeat may be victory in disguise;
The lowest ebb is the turn of the tide.
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Longfellow, I love you!!! lol So true that defeat may be victory in disguise, and often is. For in our failures, God's strength is illuminated. This man had a gift for writing, especially seeing that his poems still touch us to this day.
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OK. This poem seems very prose like, telling. Not many images, metaphors or other poetic devices used.
Odd. The only way to measure victor or defeat is by what is believed to have been "lost/gained" or "intent/spent and falling" short of a goal.
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Good point... (talking about last stanza) ~CWM
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