Somebody Else Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCDEFEFGHGHIJIJ KLKLMJMJABAB| Somebody wants a new bonnet to wear | A |
| Somebody wants a new dress | B |
| Somebody needs a new bow for her hair | A |
| And never the wanting grows less | B |
| Oh this is the reason I labor each day | C |
| And this is the joy of my tasks | D |
| That deep in the envelope holding my pay | C |
| Is something that somebody asks | D |
| I could go begging for water and bread | E |
| And travel the highways of ease | F |
| But somebody wants a roof over his head | E |
| And stockings to cover his knees | F |
| I could go shirking the duties of life | G |
| And laugh when necessity pleads | H |
| But rather I stand to the toil and the strife | G |
| To furnish what somebody needs | H |
| Somebody wants what I've strength to supply | I |
| And somebody's waiting for me | J |
| To come home to night with money to buy | I |
| Her bread and her cake and her tea | J |
| And as I am strong so her laughter will ring | K |
| And as I am true she will smile | L |
| It's the somebody else of the toiler or king | K |
| That makes all the struggle worth while | L |
| Somebody needs all the courage I own | M |
| And somebody's trust is in me | J |
| For never a man who can go it alone | M |
| Whatever his station may be | J |
| So I stand to my task and I stand to my care | A |
| And struggle to come to success | B |
| For the ribbons to tie up somebody's hair | A |
| And my somebody's pretty new dress | B |
Edgar Albert Guest
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