It Isn't Costly Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABC DDEE FFGG| Does the grouch get richer quicker than the friendly sort of man | A |
| Can the grumbler labor better than the cheerful fellow can | A |
| Is the mean and churlish neighbor any cleverer than the one | B |
| Who shouts a glad 'good morning ' and then smiling passes on | C |
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| Just stop and think about it Have you ever known or seen | D |
| A mean man who succeeded just because he was so mean | D |
| When you find a grouch with honors and with money in his pouch | E |
| You can bet he didn't win them just because he was a grouch | E |
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| Oh you'll not be any poorer if you smile along your way | F |
| And your lot will not be harder for the kindly things you say | F |
| Don't imagine you are wasting time for others that you spend | G |
| You can rise to wealth and glory and still pause to be a friend | G |
Edgar Albert Guest
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