Real Help Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCDEEF GHGICCDJJF KLKLCCDBBF| If you can smooth his path a bit | A |
| Bring laughter to his worried face | B |
| Restore today his stock of grit | A |
| And help him all his troubles chase | B |
| If you can speak one word of praise | C |
| That shall his drooping spirits raise | C |
| And warm his heart with cheer | D |
| You have done more than they will do | E |
| Who'll sighing rush some day to strew | E |
| Red roses on his bier | F |
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| If you stretch out a hand to him | G |
| Today when he is plodding on | H |
| When everything seems dark and grim | G |
| And hope is very nearly gone | I |
| If you go to him where he stays | C |
| And speak the little word of praise | C |
| That now may banish fear | D |
| You will have done more good than they | J |
| Who'll rush to praise his lifeless clay | J |
| And strew with flowers his bier | F |
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| If you will note the good you see | K |
| In him today while yet he lives | L |
| If you will be the friend you'll be | K |
| When death to him the summons gives | L |
| While he is here to hear your praise | C |
| To profit by your kindly ways | C |
| You'll not seem insincere | D |
| If when death's smile is on his face | B |
| You rush to be the first to place | B |
| Red roses on his bier | F |
Edgar Albert Guest
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