Friendship Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CDCBB EEFF GHII JJKK| You can buy if you've got money all you need to drink and eat | A |
| You can pay for bread and honey and can keep your palate sweet | A |
| But when trouble comes to fret you and when sorrow comes your way | B |
| For the gentle hand of friendship that you need you cannot pay | B |
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| You can buy with gold and silver things you've got to have to wear | C |
| You can purchase all that's needful when your skies | D |
| are bright and fair | C |
| But when clouds begin to gather and when trouble rules the day | B |
| Your money doesn't lure a friend worth while to come your way | B |
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| For the hand that's warm and gripping and the heart's that tender too | E |
| Are what all men living sigh for when they're sorrowful and blue | E |
| For there's nothing that's so soothing and so comforting right then | F |
| As the gladly given friendship of a fellow's fellow men | F |
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| A hand upon your shoulder and a whispered word of cheer | G |
| Are the things that keep you going when your trouble time is here | H |
| And you'll hate the gold you've gathered and the buildings that you own | I |
| If you have to bear your troubles and your sorrows all alone | I |
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| If you've served a golden idol you will get as your reward | J |
| All the luxuries of living that the coins of gold afford | J |
| But you'll be the poorest mortal and the saddest in the end | K |
| When the clouds of trouble gather and you're hungry for a friend | K |
Edgar Albert Guest
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