When Friends Drop In Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: AABBCC DDEECC FFGGCC HHAACC

It may be I'm old fashioned but the times I like the bestA
Are not the splendid parties with the women gaily dressedA
And the music tuned for dancing and the laughter of the throngB
With a paid comedian's antics or a hired musician's songB
But the quiet times of friendship with the chuckles and the grinC
And the circle at the fireside when a few good friends drop inC
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There's something 'round the fireplace that no club can imitateD
And no throng can ever equal just a few folks near the grateD
Though I sometimes like an opera there's no music quite so sweetE
As the singing of the neighbors that you're always glad to meetE
Oh I know when they come calling that the fun will soon beginC
And I'm happiest those evenings when a few good friends drop inC
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There's no pomp of preparation there's no style or sham or fussF
We are glad to welcome callers who are glad to be with usF
And we sit around and visit or we start a merry gameG
And we show them by our manner that we're mighty pleased they cameG
For there's something real about it and the yarns we love to spinC
And the time flies Oh so swiftly when a few good friends drop inC
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Let me live my life among them cheerful kindly folks and trueH
And I'll ask no greater glory till my time of life is throughH
Let me share the love and favor of the few who know me bestA
And I'll spend my time contented till my sun sinks in the westA
I will take what fortune sends me and the little I may winC
And be happy on those evenings when a few good friends drop inC

Edgar Albert Guest



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