Which Are You? Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BB CC DD EF GG HH GG II JJ| There are two kinds of people on earth to day | A |
| Just two kinds of people no more I say | A |
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| Not the sinner and saint for it's well understood | B |
| The good are half bad and the bad are half good | B |
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| Not the rich and the poor for to rate a man's wealth | C |
| You must first know the state of his conscience and health | C |
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| Not the humble and proud for in life's little span | D |
| Who puts on vain airs is not counted a man | D |
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| Not the happy and sad for the swift flying years | E |
| Bring each man his laughter and each man his tears | F |
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| No the two kinds of people on earth I mean | G |
| Are the people who lift and the people who lean | G |
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| Wherever you go you will find the earth's masses | H |
| Are always divided in just these two classes | H |
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| And oddly enough you will find too I ween | G |
| There's only one lifter to twenty who lean | G |
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| In which class are you Are you easing the load | I |
| Of overtaxed lifters who toil down the road | I |
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| Or are you a leaner who lets others share | J |
| Your portion of labor and worry and care | J |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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