Only A Dad Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCC DDEEFF GGHHII JJKKLLOnly a dad with a tired face | A |
Coming home from the daily race | A |
Bringing little of gold or fame | B |
To show how well he has played the game | B |
But glad in his heart that his own rejoice | C |
To see him come and to hear his voice | C |
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Only a dad with a brood of four | D |
One of ten million men or more | D |
Plodding along in the daily strife | E |
Bearing the whips and the scorns of life | E |
With never a whimper of pain or hate | F |
For the sake of those who at home await | F |
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Only a dad neither rich nor proud | G |
Merely one of the surging crowd | G |
Toiling striving from day to day | H |
Facing whatever may come his way | H |
Silent whenever the harsh condemn | I |
And bearing it all for the love of them | I |
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Only a dad but he gives his all | J |
To smooth the way for his children small | J |
Doing with courage stern and grim | K |
The deeds that his father did for him | K |
This is the line that for him I pen | L |
Only a dad but the best of men | L |
Edgar Albert Guest
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