The Truth About Envy Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEFGGHHIIJJKK LLMM| I like to see the flowers grow | A |
| To see the pansies in a row | A |
| I think a well kept garden's fine | B |
| And wish that such a one were mine | B |
| But one can't have a stock of flowers | C |
| Unless he digs and digs for hours | C |
| My ground is always bleak and bare | D |
| The roses do not flourish there | D |
| And where I once sowed poppy seeds | E |
| Is now a tangled mass of weeds ' | F |
| I'm fond of flowers but admit | G |
| For digging I don't care a bit | G |
| I envy men whose yards are gay | H |
| But never work as hard as they | H |
| I also envy men who own | I |
| More wealth than I have ever known | I |
| I'm like a lot of men who yearn | J |
| For joys that they refuse to earn | J |
| You cannot have the joys of work | K |
| And take the comfort of a shirk | K |
| I find the man I envy most | L |
| Is he who's longest at his post | L |
| I could have gold and roses too | M |
| If I would work like those who do | M |
Edgar Albert Guest
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