A Choice Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFE GHIHJKLK MNONPBQ| Sure they get stubborn at times they worry and | A |
| fret us a lot | B |
| But I'd rather be crossed by a glad little boy | C |
| and frequently worried than not | B |
| There are hours when they get on my nerves | D |
| and set my poor brain all awhirl | E |
| But I'd rather be troubled that way than to be | F |
| the man who has no little girl | E |
| - | |
| There are times they're a nuisance that's true | G |
| with all of their racket and noise | H |
| But I'd rather my personal pleasures be lost than | I |
| to give up my girls and my boys | H |
| Not always they're perfectly good there are | J |
| times when they're wilfully bad | K |
| But I'd rather be worried by youngsters of mine | L |
| than lonely and childless and sad | K |
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| So I try to be patient and calm whenever they're | M |
| having their fling | N |
| For the sum of their laughter and love is more | O |
| than the worry they bring | N |
| And each night when sweet peace settles down | P |
| and I see them asleep in their cot | B |
| I chuckle and say 'They upset me to day but | Q |
| I'd rather be that way than not ' | - |
Edgar Albert Guest
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