So Easy Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGHGH AIAIJKJK LMLMCACA| So easy to say what another should do | A |
| So easy to settle his cares | B |
| So easy to tell him what roads to pursue | A |
| And dispose of the burdens he bears | B |
| It is easy to bid him be brave and strong | C |
| And to make all his shortcomings known | D |
| But O it's so hard when the care and the wrong | C |
| And the dangers we face are our own | D |
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| It is easy to stand in another man's place | E |
| When our comforts of life are assured | F |
| And the sting of the rain beating sharp in his face | E |
| By him must be bravely endured | F |
| It is easy to tell him the path he should take | G |
| And to bid him to laugh at his care | H |
| But O it's so hard when it's our hearts that ache | G |
| And we have the burdens to bear | H |
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| We all know the things that another should do | A |
| His faults are like books on our shelves | I |
| We can ponder them over and read and review | A |
| But we haven't a book on ourselves | I |
| We can settle the other man's troubles each day | J |
| His griefs we can calmly discuss | K |
| It is easy to sweep all his troubles away | J |
| But we can't do the same thing for us | K |
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| The need of another it's easy to see | L |
| When our own wants are all satisfied | M |
| And bold and courageous it's easy to be | L |
| When it isn't our souls that are tried | M |
| But O it's so hard when we're stumbling along | C |
| To keep ourselves steadfast and true | A |
| It is easy to tell someone else to be strong | C |
| It's easier to talk than to do | A |
Edgar Albert Guest
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