Expectation Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDD EEFFGGFF HHIIJJKK LLMMNNFF| Most folks as I've noticed in pleasure an' strife | A |
| Are always expecting too much out of life | A |
| They wail an' they fret | B |
| Just because they don't get | B |
| The best o' the sunshine the fairest o' flowers | C |
| The finest o' features the strongest o' powers | C |
| They whine an' they whimper an' curse an' condemn | D |
| Coz life isn't always bein' partial to them | D |
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| Notwithstandin' the pain an' the sufferin' they see | E |
| They cling to the notion that they should go free | E |
| That they shouldn't share | F |
| In life's trouble an' care | F |
| But should always be happy an' never perplexed | G |
| An' never discouraged or beaten or vexed | G |
| When life treats 'em roughly an' jolts 'em with care | F |
| They seem to imagine it's bein' unfair | F |
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| It's a curious notion folks hold in their pride | H |
| That their souls should never be tested or tried | H |
| That others must mourn | I |
| An' be sick an' forlorn | I |
| An' stand by the biers of their loved ones an' weep | J |
| But life from such sorrows their bosoms must keep | J |
| Oh they mustn't know what it means to be sad | K |
| Or they'll wail that the treatment they're gettin' is bad | K |
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| Now life as I view it means pleasure an' pain | L |
| An' laughter an' weepin' an' sunshine an' rain | L |
| An' takin' an' givin' | M |
| An' all who are livin' | M |
| Must face it an' bear it the best that they can | N |
| Believin' great Wisdom is workin' the plan | N |
| An' no one should ever complain it's unfair | F |
| Because at the moment he's tastin' despair | F |
Edgar Albert Guest
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