Lord, Make Me A Regular Man Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCC AADDCC AAEECC AAFGCC| This I would like to be braver and bolder | A |
| Just a bit wiser because I am older | A |
| Just a bit kinder to those I may meet | B |
| Just a bit manlier taking defeat | B |
| This for the New Year my wish and my plea | C |
| Lord make a regular man out of me | C |
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| This I would like to be just a bit finer | A |
| More of a smiler and less of a whiner | A |
| Just a bit quicker to stretch out my hand | D |
| Helping another who's struggling to stand | D |
| This is my prayer for the New Year to be | C |
| Lord make a regular man out of me | C |
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| This I would like to be just a bit fairer | A |
| Just a bit better and just a bit squarer | A |
| Not quite so ready to censure and blame | E |
| Quicker to help every man in the game | E |
| Not quite so eager men's failings to see | C |
| Lord make a regular man out of me | C |
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| This I would like to be just a bit truer | A |
| Less of the wisher and more of the doer | A |
| Broader and bigger more willing to give | F |
| Living and helping my neighbor to live | G |
| This for the New Year my prayer and my plea | C |
| Lord make a regular man out of me | C |
Edgar Albert Guest
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