Stick together families figures of speech
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The poem begins by stating that the most “gladsome” families are those that stick together. They do not let circumstances separate them for any reason. If a family stays true to this way of being then they will, rich or poor, be joyful.
In the rest of the stanzas, the speaker outlines how much better off “stick-together” families are than those who do not try to remain by one another’s side. Separate brothers and sisters will only find barren fields and joyless homes without one another.
The poem concludes with the speaker appealing to a “brother” to stop wandering and return home. It is only among his family members that he will find true happiness.
The stick-together families are happier by far
Then the brothers and the sisters who take separate highways are.
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And the finest of conventions ever held beneath the sun
Are the little family gatherings when the busy day is done.
There are rich folk, there are poor folk, who imagine they are wise,
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The wisest children are the stick-together kind.
Some seem to fancy that for gladness they must roam,
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Are the brothers and the sisters who together share their fun.
It’s the stick-together family that wins the joys of earth,
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Come you back unto the fireside and be comrade with your kin.