Under The Skin Of Men Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGDGD HIHIJKJK| Did you ever sit down and talk with men | A |
| In a serious sort of a way | B |
| On their views of life and ponder then | A |
| On all that they have to say | B |
| If not you should in some quiet hour | C |
| It's a glorious thing to do | D |
| For you'll find that back of the pomp and power | C |
| Most men have a goal in view | D |
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| They'll tell you then that their aim is not | E |
| The clink of the yellow gold | F |
| That not in the worldly things they've got | E |
| Would they have their stories told | F |
| They'll say the joys that they treasure most | G |
| Are their good friends tried and true | D |
| And an honest name for their own to boast | G |
| And peace when the day is through | D |
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| I've talked with men and I think I know | H |
| What's under the toughened skin | I |
| I've seen their eyes grow bright and glow | H |
| With the fire that burns within | I |
| And back of the gold and back of the fame | J |
| And back of the selfish strife | K |
| In most men's breasts you'll find the flame | J |
| Of the nobler things of life | K |
Edgar Albert Guest
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