The Joys Of Home Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BBCDEE FFGGHG IIJJKK LLIIMM NNOOPQ| A | |
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| Curling smoke from a chimney low | B |
| And only a few more steps to go | B |
| Faces pressed at a window pane | C |
| Watching for someone to come again | D |
| And I am the someone they wait to see | E |
| These are the joys life gives to me | E |
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| What has my neighbor excelling this | F |
| A good wife's love and a baby's kiss | F |
| What if his chimneys tower higher | G |
| Peace is found at our humble fire | G |
| What if his silver and gold are more | H |
| Rest is ours when the day is o'er | G |
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| Strive for fortune and slave for fame | I |
| You find that joy always stays the same | I |
| Rich man and poor man dream and pray | J |
| For a home where laughter shall ever stay | J |
| And the wheels go round and men spend their might | K |
| For the few glad hours they may claim at night | K |
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| Home where the kettle shall gaily sing | L |
| Is all that matters with serf or king | L |
| Gold and silver and laurelled fame | I |
| Are only sweet when the hearth's aflame | I |
| With a cheerful fire and the loved ones there | M |
| Are unafraid of the wolves of care | M |
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| So let me come home at night to rest | N |
| With those who know I have done my best | N |
| Let the wife rejoice and my children smile | O |
| And I'll know by their love that I am worthwhile | O |
| For this is conquest and world success | P |
| A home where abideth happiness | Q |
Edgar Albert Guest
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