Rather Stay Home Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDD AAEEFFGG AABBHHII| NEVER so happy as when I 'm at home | A |
| I 'm not so anxious to wander or roam | A |
| Rather sit down with the folks who love me | B |
| With somebody's youngster astride of my knee | B |
| And gallop him off to the wonderful land | C |
| Where armies are waiting his word to command | C |
| Than listen to speeches by eloquent men | D |
| Who shout for an hour and then sit down again | D |
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| Never so happy as when I 'm at home | A |
| Rather play tunes with a paper and comb | A |
| For a boy or a girl who may drop in to call | E |
| For it's there that I shine if I do shine at all | E |
| Rather sing ditties to tots that I know | F |
| Than go to a party or go to a show | F |
| Or listen to grown ups with wisdom expound | G |
| As their arms saw the air and the tables they pound | G |
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| Never so happy as when I 'm at home | A |
| Don't care to journey to Naples or Rome | A |
| Rather stay here with the folks who love me | B |
| Than run after strangers whoever they be | B |
| A nod from a king or a smile from a lord | H |
| Wouldn't please me a bit I 'd be terribly bored | H |
| Rather stay here where I 'm loved and I 'm known | I |
| Than get on my knees before any old throne | I |
Edgar Albert Guest
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