The Roads Of Happiness Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEEGHGH EDEDEBEB IHIHEEEE| The roads of happiness are not | A |
| The selfish roads of pleasure seeking | B |
| Where cheeks are flushed with haste and hot | A |
| And none has time for kindly speaking | B |
| But they're the roads where lovers stray | C |
| Where wives and husbands walk together | D |
| And children romp along the way | C |
| Whenever it is pleasant weather | D |
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| The roads of happiness are trod | E |
| By simple folks and tender hearted | F |
| By gentle folks that worship God | E |
| And want to live their days unparted | E |
| There kindly people stop and talk | G |
| Regardless of the chase for money | H |
| There arm in arm the grown ups walk | G |
| And every eye you see is sunny | H |
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| The roads of happiness are lined | E |
| Not with the friends of royal splendor | D |
| But with the loyal friends and kind | E |
| That do the gentle deeds and tender | D |
| There fame has never brought unrest | E |
| Nor glory set men's hearts to aching | B |
| There unabandoned is life's best | E |
| For selfish love and money making | B |
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| The roads of happiness are those | I |
| That do not lead to pomp and glory | H |
| But wind among the joys and woes | I |
| That make the humble toiler's story | H |
| The roads that oft we used to tread | E |
| In early days when first we mated | E |
| When hearts were light and cheeks were red | E |
| And days were not with burdens freighted | E |
Edgar Albert Guest
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