The Average Man Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCAA DDAAEEAA FFGGHHAA| MINE is a song of the average man | A |
| Who has been on earth since the world began | A |
| You'll find him kind and you'll find him true | B |
| You'll find him cheerful and happy too | B |
| He's never proud and he's never mean | C |
| He walks the earth with a conscience clean | C |
| The squarest fellow that God could plan | A |
| On earth today is the average man | A |
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| He loves his wife and he loves his home | D |
| He isn't the fellow who likes to roam | D |
| He keeps his love for his fellow man | A |
| And bears his burden as best he can | A |
| He's a gentle neighbor a faithful friend | E |
| And will fight for him to the bitter end | E |
| The decentest fellow that God could plan | A |
| On earth today is the average man | A |
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| The average man doesn't cheat or lie | F |
| Or wrong his brothers He doesn't try | F |
| To climb to glory and gain the crown | G |
| By pulling a weaker brother down | G |
| He's always found on the side of right | H |
| His creed is always a spotless white | H |
| And oft as the wrongs of the world I scan | A |
| I thank the Lord for the average man | A |
Edgar Albert Guest
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