Nothing Unusual Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGHIH JBJBKLKAThey lived together thirty years | A |
I Through storm and sunshine weal and woe | B |
They shared each other's hopes and fears | A |
She still his sweetheart he her beau | B |
She proud of him though he was not | C |
A millionaire or known to fame | D |
The wife contented with her lot | C |
The man well very much the same | D |
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He never thought she ought to be | E |
Always agreeable and gay | F |
And she did not expect that he | E |
Would never have a grouchy day | F |
She did not think that he was one | G |
Without a single fault or whim | H |
Nor did she try a paragon | I |
Of goodness to make out of him | H |
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But hand in hand they went along | J |
Through all the moods that humans know | B |
Displeasure came when things went wrong | J |
She still his sweetheart he her beau | B |
Frowns smiles delight despair they knew | K |
With love always to dry their tears | L |
Just simple human folks those two | K |
Who lived together thirty years | A |
Edgar Albert Guest
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