No Use Sighin' Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCC DDEFCC GGHHII JJCCKK| No use frettin' when the rain comes down | A |
| No use grievin' when the gray clouds frown | A |
| No use sighin' when the wind blows strong | B |
| No use wailin' when the world's all wrong | B |
| Only thing that a man can do | C |
| Is work an' wait till the sky gets blue | C |
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| No use mopin' when you lose the game | D |
| No use sobbin' if you're free from shame | D |
| No use cryin' when the harm is done | E |
| Just keep on tryin' an' workin' on | F |
| Only thing for a man to do | C |
| Is take the loss an' begin anew | C |
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| No use weepin' when the milk is spilled | G |
| No use growlin' when your hopes are killed | G |
| No use kickin' when the lightnin' strikes | H |
| Or the floods come along an' wreck your dykes | H |
| Only thing for a man right then | I |
| Is to grit his teeth an' start again | I |
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| For it's how life is an' the way things are | J |
| That you've got to face if you travel far | J |
| An' the storms will come an' the failures too | C |
| An' plans go wrong spite of all you do | C |
| An' the only thing that will help you win | K |
| Is the grit of a man and a stern set chin | K |
Edgar Albert Guest
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