Denial Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEEFFGGHHIIJJ| I'd like to give 'em all they ask it hurts to have to answer 'No ' | A |
| And say they cannot have the things they tell me they are wanting so | B |
| Yet now and then they plead for what I know would not be good to give | C |
| Or what I can't afford to buy and that's the hardest hour I live | D |
| They little know or understand how happy I would be to grant | E |
| Their every wish yet there are times it isn't wise or else I can't | E |
| And sometimes too I can't explain the reason when they question why | F |
| Their pleadings for some passing joy it is my duty to deny | F |
| I only know I'd like to see them smile forever on life's way | G |
| I would not have them shed one tear or ever meet a troubled day | G |
| And I would be content with life and gladly face each dreary task | H |
| If I could always give to them the little treasures that they ask | H |
| Sometimes we pray to God above and ask for joys that are denied | I |
| And when He seems to scorn our plea in bitterness we turn aside | I |
| And yet the Father of us all Who sees and knows just what is best | J |
| May wish as often here we wish that He could grant what we request | J |
Edgar Albert Guest
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