If You And I Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD AEAEFDFD GHGHIDID| IF you would smile a little more | A |
| And I would kinder be | B |
| If you would stop to think before | A |
| You speak of faults you see | B |
| If I would show more patience too | C |
| With all with whom I'm hurled | D |
| Then I would help and so would you | C |
| To make a better world | D |
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| If you would cheer your neighbor more | A |
| And I'd encourage mine | E |
| If you would linger at his door | A |
| To say his work is fine | E |
| And I would stop to help him when | F |
| His lips in frowns are curled | D |
| Both you and I'd be helping then | F |
| To make a better world | D |
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| But just as long as you keep still | G |
| And plod your selfish way | H |
| And I rush on and heedless kill | G |
| The kind words I could say | H |
| While you and I refuse to smile | I |
| And keep our gay flags furled | D |
| Someone will grumble all the while | I |
| That it's a gloomy world | D |
Edgar Albert Guest
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