On Being Broke Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDEDFGFHIJIJKLKL MNMNOPOPQRQRSBSB| Don't mind being broke at all | A |
| When I can say that what I had | B |
| Was spent for toys for kiddies small | A |
| And that the spending made 'em glad | B |
| I don't regret the money gone | C |
| If happiness it left behind | D |
| An empty purse I'll look upon | E |
| Contented if its record's kind | D |
| There's no disgrace in being broke | F |
| Unless it's due to flying high | G |
| Though poverty is not a joke | F |
| The only thing that counts is 'why ' | H |
| The dollars come to me and go | I |
| To day I've eight or ten to spend | J |
| To morrow I'll be sailing low | I |
| And have to lean upon a friend | J |
| But if that little bunch of mine | K |
| Is richer by some toy or frill | L |
| I'll face the world and never whine | K |
| Because I lack a dollar bill | L |
| I'm satisfied if I can see | M |
| One smile that hadn't bloomed before | N |
| The only thing that counts with me | M |
| Is what I've spent my money for | N |
| I might regret my sorry plight | O |
| If selfishness brought it about | P |
| If for the fun I had last night | O |
| Some joy they'd have to go without | P |
| But if I've swapped my bit of gold | Q |
| For laughter and a happier pack | R |
| Of youngsters in my little fold | Q |
| I'll never wish those dollars back | R |
| If I have traded coin for things | S |
| They needed and have left them glad | B |
| Then being broke no sorrow brings | S |
| I've done my best with what I had | B |
Edgar Albert Guest
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