The Obligation Of Friendship Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDD AEDEFF GHIHEE| You ought to be fine for the sake of the folks | A |
| Who think you are fine | B |
| If others have faith in you doubly you're bound | C |
| To stick to the line | B |
| It's not only on you that dishonor descends | D |
| You can't hurt yourself without hurting your friends | D |
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| You ought to be true for the sake of the folks | A |
| Who believe you are true | E |
| You never should stoop to a deed that your friends | D |
| Think you wouldn't do | E |
| If you're false to yourself be the blemish but small | F |
| You have injured your friends you've been false to them all | F |
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| For friendship my boy is a bond between men | G |
| That is founded on truth | H |
| It believes in the best of the ones that it loves | I |
| Whether old man or youth | H |
| And the stern rule it lays down for me and for you | E |
| Is to be what our friends think we are through and through | E |
Edgar Albert Guest
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