Honesty Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDDE AFGHIJDK LMNDOOPO QDRSTUN| I am humble He said | A |
| But what of being honest another asked | B |
| I am gentle He yet professed | C |
| No what anent honesty | D |
| That shapes one's integrity | D |
| He was again questioned | E |
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| I am friendly He proudly said | A |
| Seeming to have the world by him accommodated | F |
| No are you uncorrupted to them | G |
| And corrigible to all men | H |
| The other retorted | I |
| What got I to do with corrigibility he queried | J |
| For none could in any way be honest perpetually | D |
| So we do have to compromise at times | K |
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| No no no that is wrong the other began | L |
| Honesty is the best virtue | M |
| In which all other virtues prevail | N |
| The evidence of man's generosity | D |
| For an honest man is an hundred times better | O |
| Than a benevolent man in wonder | O |
| He pays Peter in Paul's coin | P |
| And steals from a man and do it a good to another | O |
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| What if the world were only generous | Q |
| With no sign of honesty | D |
| Would it stand it | R |
| For it brings the worlds to a world | S |
| And peoples to a people | T |
| But many lack this golden efficacy of life | U |
| Yes with it all other virtues prevail | N |
Albert Boima
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Poet's note: It is all about Honesty—as being the best virtue of life. With the persona's belief, it surpasses all other virtues in the like of kindness, humility, etc.
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