The Way To Make Friends Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFE GHIHJ KL MNKNDOLO| THE way to make friends is as easy | A |
| As breathing the fresh morning air | B |
| It isn't an art to be studied | C |
| Alone by the men who can spare | B |
| The time from their every day labors | D |
| To ponder on classical lore | E |
| It never is taught in a college | F |
| And it isn't a trick or a chore | E |
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| The way to make friends is to be one | G |
| To smile at the stranger you meet | H |
| To think cheerful thoughts and to speak them | I |
| Aloud to the people you greet | H |
| To hold your hand out to a brother | J |
| And cheerfully say 'Howdy do ' | - |
| In a way that he'll know that you mean it | K |
| That's all that's expected of you | L |
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| Be honest in all of your dealings | M |
| Be true to your word and your home | N |
| And you will make friends never doubt it | K |
| Wherever you happen to roam | N |
| Condemn not the brother who falters | D |
| Nor fawn on the rich and the great | O |
| Speak kindly to all who approach you | L |
| And give up all whining at fate | O |
Edgar Albert Guest
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