Satisfied With Life Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCC DDEEFF GGHHII| I have known the green trees and the skies overhead | A |
| And the blossoms of spring and the fragrance they shed | A |
| I have known the blue sea and the mountains afar | B |
| And the song of the pines and the light of a star | B |
| And should I pass now I could say with a smile | C |
| That my pilgrimage here has been well worth my while | C |
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| I have known the warm handclasp of friends who were true | D |
| I have shared in their pleasures and wept with them too | D |
| I have heard the gay laughter which sweeps away care | E |
| And none of the comrades I've made could I spare | E |
| And should this be all I could say ere I go | F |
| That life is worth while just such friendships to know | F |
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| I have builded a home where we've loved and been glad | G |
| I have known the rich joy of a girl and a lad | G |
| I have had their caresses through storm and through shine | H |
| And watched them grow lovely those youngsters of mine | H |
| And I think as I hold them at night on my knee | I |
| That life has been generous surely to me | I |
Edgar Albert Guest
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