My Friend Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHIH JKLK MFNF OLPL| I have a friend who came I know not how | A |
| Nor he Among the crowd apart | B |
| I feel the pressure of his hand and hear | C |
| In very truth the beating of his heart | B |
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| My soul had shut the door of abode | D |
| So poor it seemed for any guest | E |
| To tarry there a night until he came | F |
| Asking not entertainment only rest | E |
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| Our hands were empty his and mine alike | G |
| He says until they joined I see | H |
| The gifts he brought but where were mine | I |
| That he should say I too have need of thee | H |
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| Without the threshold of his heart I wait | J |
| Abashed afraid to enter where | K |
| So radiant a company do meet | L |
| Yet enter boldly knowing I am there | K |
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| Whether his hand shall press my latch to night | M |
| To morrow matters not He came | F |
| Unsummoned he will come again and I | N |
| Though dead shall answer to my name | F |
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| And yet dear friend in whom I rest content | O |
| Speak to me now lest when we meet | L |
| Where tears and hunger have no grace | P |
| A little word of friendship be less sweet | L |
Arthur Sherburne Hardy
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