The Happy Man Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GBFB HBIB JKLK BMIM ABCB| If you would know a happy man | A |
| Go find the fellow who | B |
| Has had a bout with trouble grim | C |
| And just come smiling through | B |
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| The load is off his shoulders now | D |
| Where yesterday he frowned | E |
| And saw no joy in life to day | F |
| He laughs his way around | E |
| - | |
| He's done the very thing he thought | G |
| That he could never do | B |
| His sun is shining high to day | F |
| And all his skies are blue | B |
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| He's stronger than he was before | H |
| Should trouble come anew | B |
| He'll know how much his strength can bear | I |
| And how much he can do | B |
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| To day he has the right to smile | J |
| And he may gaily sing | K |
| For he has conquered where he feared | L |
| The pain of failure's sting | K |
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| Comparison has taught him too | B |
| The sweetest hours are those | M |
| Which follow on the heels of care | I |
| With laughter and repose | M |
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| If you would meet a happy man | A |
| Go find the fellow who | B |
| Has had a bout with trouble grim | C |
| And just come smiling through | B |
Edgar Albert Guest
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