The Making Of Friends Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDC EFGHICC JKLKCCDC MNONLPBP| If nobody smiled and nobody cheered and nobody helped us along | A |
| If each every minute looked after himself and good things all went to the | B |
| strong | A |
| If nobody cared just a little for you and nobody thought about me | C |
| And we stood all alone to the battle of life what a dreary old world it | D |
| would be | C |
| - | |
| If there were no such a thing as a flag in the sky as a symbol of | E |
| comradeship here | F |
| If we lived as the animals live in the woods with nothing held sacred or | G |
| dear | H |
| And selfishness ruled us from birth to the end and never a neighbor had | I |
| we | C |
| And never we gave to another in need what a dreary old world it would be | C |
| - | |
| Oh if we were rich as the richest on earth and strong as the strongest | J |
| that lives | K |
| Yet never we knew the delight and the charm of the smile which the other | L |
| man gives | K |
| If kindness were never a part of ourselves though we owned all the land we | C |
| could see | C |
| And friendship meant nothing at all to us here what a dreary old world it | D |
| would be | C |
| - | |
| Life is sweet just because of the friends we have made and the things which | M |
| in common we share | N |
| We want to live on not because of ourselves but because of the people who | O |
| care | N |
| It's giving and doing for somebody else on that all life's splendor | L |
| depends | P |
| And the joy of this world when you've summed it all up is found in the | B |
| making of friends | P |
Edgar Albert Guest
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