The True Man Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCC DDEEFF GGHHII AAJJKK| This is the sort of a man was he | A |
| True when it hurt him a lot to be | A |
| Tight in a corner an' knowin' a lie | B |
| Would have helped him out but he wouldn't buy | B |
| His freedom there in so cheap a way | C |
| He told the truth though he had to pay | C |
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| Honest Not in the easy sense | D |
| When he needn't worry about expense | D |
| We'll all play square when it doesn't count | E |
| And the sum at stake's not a large amount | E |
| But he was square when the times were bad | F |
| An' keepin' his word took all he had | F |
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| Honor is something we all profess | G |
| But most of us cheat some more some less | G |
| An' the real test isn't the way we do | H |
| When there isn't a pinch in either shoe | H |
| It's whether we're true to our best or not | I |
| When the right thing's certain to hurt a lot | I |
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| That is the sort of a man was he | A |
| Straight when it hurt him a lot to be | A |
| Times when a lie would have paid him well | J |
| No matter the cost the truth he'd tell | J |
| An' he'd rather go down to a drab defeat | K |
| Than save himself if he had to cheat | K |
Edgar Albert Guest
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