When I Was One-and-twenty Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBCAAA ADEFAGAG| When I was one and twenty | A |
| I heard a wise man say | B |
| Give crowns and pounds and guineas | C |
| But not your heart away | B |
| Give pearls away and rubies | C |
| But keep your fancy free | A |
| But I was one and twenty | A |
| No use to talk to me | A |
| - | |
| When I was one and twenty | A |
| I heard him say again | D |
| The heart out of the bosom | E |
| Was never given in vain | F |
| 'Tis paid with sighs a plenty | A |
| And sold for endless rue | G |
| And I am two and twenty | A |
| And oh 'tis true 'tis true | G |
A. E. Housman
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