Hard Luck Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEFDD GGHHAAGGIIHH GGIIJJKKLLMM| Ain't no use as I can see | A |
| In sittin' underneath a tree | A |
| An' growlin' that your luck is bad | B |
| An' that your life is extry sad | B |
| Your life ain't sadder than your neighbor's | C |
| Nor any harder are your labors | C |
| It rains on him the same as you | D |
| An' he has work he hates to do | D |
| An' he gits tired an' he gits cross | E |
| An' he has trouble with the boss | F |
| You take his whole life through an' through | D |
| Why he's no better off than you | D |
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| If whinin' brushed the clouds away | G |
| I wouldn't have a word to say | G |
| If it made good friends out o' foes | H |
| I'd whine a bit too I suppose | H |
| But when I look around an' see | A |
| A lot o' men resemblin' me | A |
| An' see 'em sad an' see 'em gay | G |
| With work t' do most every day | G |
| Some full o' fun some bent with care | I |
| Some havin' troubles hard to bear | I |
| I reckon as I count my woes | H |
| They're 'bout what everybody knows | H |
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| The day I find a man who'll say | G |
| He's never known a rainy day | G |
| Who'll raise his right hand up an' swear | I |
| In forty years he's had no care | I |
| Has never had a single blow | J |
| An' never known one touch o' woe | J |
| Has never seen a loved one die | K |
| Has never wept or heaved a sigh | K |
| Has never had a plan go wrong | L |
| But allas laughed his way along | L |
| Then I'll sit down an' start to whine | M |
| That all the hard luck here is mine | M |
Edgar Albert Guest
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