Under The Roof Where The Laughter Rings Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCC DEDEFF GHGHIJ KLKLMM| Under the roof where the laughter rings | A |
| That's where I long to be | B |
| There are all of the glorious things | A |
| Meaning so much to me | B |
| There is where striving and toiling ends | C |
| There is where always the rainbow bends | C |
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| Under the roof where the children shout | D |
| There is the perfect rest | E |
| There is the clamor of greed shut out | D |
| Ended the ceaseless quest | E |
| Battles I fight through the heat of to day | F |
| Are only to add to their hours of play | F |
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| Under the roof where the eyes are bright | G |
| There I would build my fame | H |
| There my record of life I'd write | G |
| There I would sign my name | H |
| There in laughter and true content | I |
| Let me fashion my monument | J |
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| Under the roof where the hearts are true | K |
| There is my earthly goal | L |
| There I am pledged till my work is through | K |
| Body and heart and soul | L |
| Think you that God will my choice condemn | M |
| If I have never played false to them | M |
Edgar Albert Guest
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