Back Home Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCBBDD EEFFGGEEHH BBGGHHIIBB JJFFBBGGDD| GLAD to be back home again | A |
| Where abide the friendly men | A |
| Glad to see the same old scenes | B |
| And the little house that means | B |
| All the joys the soul has treasured | C |
| Glad to be where smiles aren't measured | C |
| Where I've blended with the gladness | B |
| All the heart has known of sadness | B |
| Where some long familiar steeple | D |
| Marks my town of friendly people | D |
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| Though it's fun to go a straying | E |
| Where the bands are nightly playing | E |
| And the throngs of men and women | F |
| Drain the cup of pleasure brimmin' | F |
| I am glad when it is over | G |
| That I've ceased to play the Rover | G |
| And when once the train starts chugging | E |
| Towards the children I'll be hugging | E |
| All my thoughts and dreams are set there | H |
| Fast enough I cannot get there | H |
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| Guess I wasn't meant for bright lights | B |
| For the blaze of red and white lights | B |
| For the throngs that seem to smother | G |
| In their selfishness each other | G |
| For whenever I've been down there | H |
| Tramped the noisy blatant town there | H |
| Always in a week I've started | I |
| Yearning hungering heavy hearted | I |
| For the home town and its spaces | B |
| Lit by fine and friendly faces | B |
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| Like to be where men about me | J |
| Do not look on me to doubt me | J |
| Where I know the men and women | F |
| Know why tears some eyes are dimmin' | F |
| Know the good folks an' the bad folks | B |
| An' the glad folks an' the sad folks | B |
| Where we live with one another | G |
| Meanin' something to each other | G |
| An' I'm glad to see the steeple | D |
| Where the crowds aren't merely people | D |
Edgar Albert Guest
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