The Homely Man Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDD AAEFFFGG HHGGIFII AAAAJJDD| Looks as though a cyclone hit him | A |
| Can't buy clothes that seem to fit him | A |
| An' his cheeks are rough like leather | B |
| Made for standin' any weather | B |
| Outwards he was fashioned plainly | C |
| Loose o' joint an' blamed ungainly | C |
| But I'd give a lot if I'd | D |
| Been built half as fine inside | D |
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| Best thing I can tell you of him | A |
| Is the way the children love him | A |
| Now an' then I get to thinkin' | E |
| He's much like old Abe Lincoln | F |
| Homely like a gargoyle graven | F |
| Worse'n that when he's unshaven | F |
| But I'd take his ugly phiz | G |
| Jes' to have a heart like his | G |
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| I ain't over sentimental | H |
| But old Blake is so blamed gentle | H |
| An' so thoughtfull like of others | G |
| He reminds us of our mothers | G |
| Rough roads he is always smoothing | I |
| An' his way is Oh so soothin' | F |
| That he takes away the sting | I |
| When your heart is sorrowing | I |
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| Children gather round about him | A |
| Like they can't get on without him | A |
| An' the old depend upon him | A |
| Pilin' all their burdens on him | A |
| Like as though the thing that grieves 'em | J |
| Has been lifted when he leaves 'em | J |
| Homely That can't be denied | D |
| But he's glorious inside | D |
Edgar Albert Guest
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