At Christmas Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCDD EEFFGG HHIIJJ KKLLGG| A man is at his finest towards the finish of the year | A |
| He is almost what he should be when the Christmas season is here | B |
| Then he's thinking more of others than he's thought the months before | C |
| And the laughter of his children is a joy worth toiling for | C |
| He is less a selfish creature than at any other time | D |
| When the Christmas spirit rules him he comes close to the sublime | D |
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| When it's Christmas man is bigger and is better in his part | E |
| He is keener for the service that is prompted by the heart | E |
| All the petty thoughts and narrow seem to vanish for awhile | F |
| And the true reward he's seeking is the glory of a smile | F |
| Then for others he is toiling and somehow it seems to me | G |
| That at Christmas he is almost what God wanted him to be | G |
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| If I had to paint a picture of a man I think I'd wait | H |
| Till he'd fought his selfish battles and had put aside his hate | H |
| I'd not catch him at his labors when his thoughts are all of pelf | I |
| On the long days and the dreary when he's striving for himself | I |
| I'd not take him when he's sneering when he's scornful or depressed | J |
| But I'd look for him at Christmas when he's shining at his best | J |
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| Man is ever in a struggle and he's oft misunderstood | K |
| There are days the worst that's in him is the master of the good | K |
| But at Christmas kindness rules him and he puts himself aside | L |
| And his petty hates are vanquished and his heart is opened wide | L |
| Oh I don't know how to say it but somehow it seems to me | G |
| That at Christmas man is almost what God sent him here to be | G |
Edgar Albert Guest
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