The Friend Who Just Stands Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEFFBBAA| When trouble comes your soul to try | A |
| You love the friend who just stands by | A |
| Perhaps there's nothing he can do | B |
| The thing is strictly up to you | B |
| For there are troubles all your own | C |
| And paths the soul must tread alone | C |
| Times when love cannot smooth the road | D |
| Nor friendship lift the heavy load | D |
| But just to know you have a friend | E |
| Who will stand by until the end | E |
| Whose sympathy through all endures | F |
| Whose warm handclasp is always yours | F |
| It helps someway to pull you through | B |
| Although there's nothing he can do | B |
| And so with fervent heart you cry | A |
| God bless the friend who just 'stands by' | A |
William Carlos Williams
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joe a.: nice poem man keep up the good work!
dank memer: bro this is strate bussing respectfuly
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