An Easy World Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD EEFF GGHH IIJJ| It's an easy world to live in if you choose to make it so | A |
| You never need to suffer save the griefs that all must know | A |
| If you'll stay upon the level and will 'do the best you can | B |
| You will never lack the friendship of a kindly fellow man | B |
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| Life's an easy road to travel if you'll only walk it straight | C |
| There are many here to help you in your little bouts with fate | C |
| When the clouds begin to gather and your hopes begin to fade | D |
| If you've only toiled in honor you won't have to call for aid | D |
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| But if you've bartered friendship and the faith on which it rests | E |
| For a temporary winning if you've cheated in the tests | E |
| If with promises you've broken you have chilled the hearts of men | F |
| It is vain to look for friendship for it will not come again | F |
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| Oh the world is full of kindness thronged with men who want to be | G |
| Of some service to their neighbors and they'll run to you or me | G |
| When we're needing their assistance if we've lived upon the square | H |
| But they'll spurn us in our trouble if we've always been unfair | H |
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| It's an easy world to live in all you really need to do | I |
| Is the decent thing and proper and then friends will flock to you | I |
| But let dishonor trail you and some stormy day you'll find | J |
| To your heart's supremest sorrow that you've made the world unkind | J |
Edgar Albert Guest
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