When You Know A Fellow Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCC DDEEFF GGHHII CCIIJJ| When you get to know a fellow know his joys and know his cares | A |
| When you've come to understand him and the burdens that he bears | A |
| When you've learned the fight he's making and the troubles in his way | B |
| Then you find that he is different than you thought him yesterday | B |
| You find his faults are trivial and there's not so much to blame | C |
| In the brother that you jeered at when you only knew his name | C |
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| You are quick to see the blemish in the distant neighbor's style | D |
| You can point to all his errors and may sneer at him the while | D |
| And your prejudices fatten and your hates more violent grow | E |
| As you talk about the failures of the man you do not know | E |
| But when drawn a little closer and your hands and shoulders touch | F |
| You find the traits you hated really don't amount to much | F |
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| When you get to know a fellow know his every mood and whim | G |
| You begin to find the texture of the splendid side of him | G |
| You begin to understand him and you cease to scoff and sneer | H |
| For with understanding always prejudices disappear | H |
| You begin to find his virtues and his faults you cease to tell | I |
| For you seldom hate a fellow when you know him very well | I |
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| When next you start in sneering and your phrases turn to blame | C |
| Know more of him you censure than his business and his name | C |
| For it's likely that acquaintance would your prejudice dispel | I |
| And you'd really come to like him if you knew him very well | I |
| When you get to know a fellow and you understand his ways | J |
| Then his faults won't really matter for you'll find a lot to praise | J |
Edgar Albert Guest
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