The New Year's Caller Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCD EEFFA GGH EE AAIIJJ| COME open your door there's a friend waiting near | A |
| Who is eager to wish you a Happy New Year | A |
| He rings at the bell and he's ready to shout | B |
| 'The New Year is in and the old year is out | B |
| And long may you prosper and long may you smile | C |
| May happiness dwell with you all the while ' | D |
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| Come run to the door There's a friend waiting there | E |
| Go bid him to enter and draw up his chair | E |
| Come fill up his wine glass and pass him the cake | F |
| For fewer and fewer are calls that friends make | F |
| Come shout in reply to his message of cheer | A |
| 'Long life to you friend and a Happy New Year ' | - |
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| 'A Happy New Year and a wealth of success | G |
| May love and prosperity never grow less | G |
| May each year that follows be happier too | H |
| May Time and Grim Sorrow deal gently with you ' | - |
| Come run to your door There's a friend waiting there | E |
| Invite him to enter and draw up a chair | E |
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| Come open your heart There's a friend waiting near | A |
| Who is eager to share in your sorrow and cheer | A |
| He longs for your friendship and fain would he win | I |
| The way to your heart Will you not let him in | I |
| He knocks at the door Would you send him away | J |
| Or greet him with love and implore him to stay | J |
Edgar Albert Guest
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