When Friends Drop In Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCC DDEECC FFGGCC HHAACCIt may be I'm old fashioned but the times I like the best | A |
Are not the splendid parties with the women gaily dressed | A |
And the music tuned for dancing and the laughter of the throng | B |
With a paid comedian's antics or a hired musician's song | B |
But the quiet times of friendship with the chuckles and the grin | C |
And the circle at the fireside when a few good friends drop in | C |
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There's something 'round the fireplace that no club can imitate | D |
And no throng can ever equal just a few folks near the grate | D |
Though I sometimes like an opera there's no music quite so sweet | E |
As the singing of the neighbors that you're always glad to meet | E |
Oh I know when they come calling that the fun will soon begin | C |
And I'm happiest those evenings when a few good friends drop in | C |
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There's no pomp of preparation there's no style or sham or fuss | F |
We are glad to welcome callers who are glad to be with us | F |
And we sit around and visit or we start a merry game | G |
And we show them by our manner that we're mighty pleased they came | G |
For there's something real about it and the yarns we love to spin | C |
And the time flies Oh so swiftly when a few good friends drop in | C |
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Let me live my life among them cheerful kindly folks and true | H |
And I'll ask no greater glory till my time of life is through | H |
Let me share the love and favor of the few who know me best | A |
And I'll spend my time contented till my sun sinks in the west | A |
I will take what fortune sends me and the little I may win | C |
And be happy on those evenings when a few good friends drop in | C |
Edgar Albert Guest
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