The Path To Home Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCDD EEFFDD| THERE'S the mother at the doorway and the children at the gate | A |
| And the little parlor windows with the curtains white and straight | A |
| There are shaggy asters blooming in the bed that lines the fence | B |
| And the simplest of the blossoms seems of mighty consequence | C |
| Oh there isn't any mansion underneath God's starry dome | D |
| That can rest a weary pilgrim like the little place called home | D |
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| Men have sought for gold and silver men have dreamed at night of fame | E |
| In the heat of youth they've struggled for achievement's honored name | E |
| But the selfish crowns are tinsel and their shining jewels paste | F |
| And the wine of pomp and glory soon grows bitter to the taste | F |
| For there's never any laughter howsoever far you roam | D |
| Like the laughter of the loved ones in the happiness of home | D |
Edgar Albert Guest
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