Trouble Brings Friends Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD EEFF| It's seldom trouble comes alone I've noticed this When things go wrong | A |
| An' trouble comes a visitin' it always brings a friend along | A |
| Sometimes it's one you've known before and then perhaps it's someone new | B |
| Who stretches out a helping hand an' stops to see what he can do | B |
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| If never trials came to us if grief an' sorrow passed us by | C |
| If every day the sun came out an' clouds were never in the sky | C |
| We'd still have neighbors I suppose each one pursuin' selfish ends | D |
| But only neighbors they would be we'd never know them as our friends | D |
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| Out of the troubles I have had have come my richest friendships here | E |
| Kind hands have helped to bear my care kind words have fallen on my ear | E |
| An' so I say when trouble comes I know before the storm shall end | F |
| That I shall find my bit of care has also brought to me a friend | F |
Edgar Albert Guest
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