If You Had A Friend Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGHGH IAIACJCJ| If you had a friend strong simple true | A |
| Who knew your faults and who understood | B |
| Who believed in the very best of you | A |
| And who cared for you as a father would | B |
| Who would stick by you to the very end | C |
| Who would smile however the world might frown | D |
| I'm sure you would try to please your friend | C |
| You never would think to throw him down | D |
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| And supposing your friend was high and great | E |
| And he lived in a palace rich and tall | F |
| And sat like a King in shining state | E |
| And his praise was loud on the lips of all | F |
| Well then when he turned to you alone | G |
| And he singled you out from all the crowd | H |
| And he called you up to his golden throne | G |
| Oh wouldn't you just be jolly proud | H |
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| If you had a friend like this I say | I |
| So sweet and tender so strong and true | A |
| You'd try to please him in every way | I |
| You'd live at your bravest now wouldn't you | A |
| His worth would shine in the words you penned | C |
| You'd shout his praises yet now it's odd | J |
| You tell me you haven't got such a friend | C |
| You haven't I wonder What of God | J |
Robert William Service
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