Be A Friend Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCCC AAAADDCC BBBBEECC| Be a friend You don't need money | A |
| Just a disposition sunny | A |
| Just the wish to help another | B |
| Get along some way or other | B |
| Just a kindly hand extended | C |
| Out to one who's unbefriended | C |
| Just the will to give or lend | C |
| This will make you someone's friend | C |
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| Be a friend You don't need glory | A |
| Friendship is a simple story | A |
| Pass by trifling errors blindly | A |
| Gaze on honest effort kindly | A |
| Cheer the youth who's bravely trying | D |
| Pity him who's sadly sighing | D |
| Just a little labor spend | C |
| On the duties of a friend | C |
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| Be a friend The pay is bigger | B |
| Though not written by a figure | B |
| Than is earned by people clever | B |
| In what's merely self endeavor | B |
| You'll have friends instead of neighbors | E |
| For the profits of your labors | E |
| You'll be richer in the end | C |
| Than a prince if you're a friend | C |
Edgar Albert Guest
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Budhansingh kudada: Wonder full
Shanna: I learned this poem in elementary school and I’ve never forgotten it. It help me understand how important being a friend really was. I have read it to my children and shared it with friends as well.
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