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Edgar Guest's It Couldn 'T Be Done'

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In the olden days, people said that there would never be a man on the moon, but NASA created a rocket and the human race accomplished the impossible. In Edgar Guest’s poem, It Couldn’t Be Done, a man is being challenged by others saying ‘it couldn’t be done’, but he perseveres, ignores the negativity, and completes the challenge. One can learn that having a good attitude will help one reach his goals. Studies prove that people who take the hard road and have the attitude and patience to work hard succeed more than people who take the easy way out and are impatient and have a bad attitude, found on jamesclear.com. A good attitude is the key to success. When Guest used the words ‘chuckle’, ‘sing’, ‘grin, and the phrase ‘buckled right in’, which
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