The Comedian Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCBCDEEED FGHGIJKKKJ LMCMNONPPO QOLOIARRRA

Whatever the task and whatever the risk whereverA
the flag's in airB
The funny man with his sunny ways is sure toC
be laughing thereB
There are men who fret there are men whoC
dream men making the best of itD
But whether it's hunger or death they faceE
Or burning thirst in a desert placeE
There is always one by the good Lord's graceE
Who is making a jest of itD
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He travels wherever his brothers go and he leavesF
his home behind himG
The need for smiles he seems to know in theH
ranks of death you'll find himG
When some are weary and sick and faint andI
all with the dust are chokingJ
He dances there with a spirit gayK
And tints with gold what is drab and grayK
And into the gloom of the night and dayK
He scatters his mirthful jokingJ
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He wins to courage the soul tried men he lightensL
their hours of sorrowM
He turns their thoughts from the grief that is toC
the joy that may come to morrowM
He mocks at death and he jests at toil as oneN
that is never wearyO
He japes at danger and disciplineN
Or the muddy trench that he's standing inP
There's nothing can banish his merry grinP
Or dampen his spirits cheeryO
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The honors of war to its heroes go for them areQ
the pomp and gloryO
But seldom it is that the types relate a victory'sL
inside storyO
And few shall know when the strife is done andI
the history's made hereafterA
How much depended on him who stirredR
The souls of men with a cheerful wordR
And kept them brave by a jest absurdR
And brightened their days with laughterA

Edgar Albert Guest



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