The Contented Man Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACCDEED FGFGFFHIIH FJFJKKIKKI LBLBMMNMMN| ad a heap of pleasure and I've had a heap of pain | A |
| But I 'm treading just as gayly just as bravely toward tomorrow | B |
| And I 'm looking for the sunshine but I 'm ready for the rain | A |
| Always hoping for the best | C |
| For the peace and perfect rest | C |
| Always hoping for the sunshine and the roses dripping dew | D |
| But should gloom and sadness come | E |
| They will find me never glum | E |
| I will greet old grim misfortune with a cheery howdy do | D |
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| I've had a heap of laughing and I've had a heap of sighing | F |
| I've had a heap of sadness and I've had a heap of mirth | G |
| And I've come to the conclusion that in spite of all our trying | F |
| We are bound to meet some sorrow as we journey on the earth | G |
| For the best I 'm always praying | F |
| But life isn't always playing | F |
| And whatever is my fortune be it good or dismal quite | H |
| I will try to take it bravely | I |
| And to view my duty gravely | I |
| Still believing that what happens is inevitably right | H |
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| I've had a heap of winning and I've had a heap of failing | F |
| I've had my share of praises and I've had my share of blame | J |
| And I've come to the conclusion that life's sea on which we 're sailing | F |
| Is made up very justly of proportions of the same | J |
| For the calm and pleasant weather | K |
| I am thankful altogether | K |
| And I 'm hopeful ever hopeful that no more storm tossed I'll be | I |
| But should storm clouds quickly lower | K |
| I will neither shrink nor cower | K |
| But I'll face the gale serenely and I'll try to ride the sea | I |
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| O I've known a lot of people and I've heard of many others | L |
| But I never knew or heard of one who hadn't tasted woe | B |
| All the fathers here and brothers here the sisters and the mothers | L |
| Must meet with disappointments and with sorrows as they go | B |
| Not a one that Fate has missed | M |
| Or a sunbeam left unkissed | M |
| Each has tasted pain and pleasure each has suffered good and wrong | N |
| So while hoping for the best | M |
| I am ready for the test | M |
| I will face whate'er is sent me and I'll sing my way along | N |
Edgar Albert Guest
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