Non Sum Qualis Eram Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACA DEDFF GHGIG HAHJH KLKMK| I am not now the one I used to be | A |
| Time has changed me as to everyone it does | B |
| I am a divergent wight now as you see | A |
| My soul has become so much more infinite | C |
| And so with contrasting ideas I now agree | A |
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| That one I used to be I am not still | D |
| I am no wiser despite the fleeting years | E |
| though I exist in the hope that until | D |
| Or that time comes when I am able | F |
| All my aspirations I may yet fulfil | F |
| - | |
| There was a time when I saw things very clear | G |
| Though that is not exactly so today | H |
| There was a time when I held things very dear | G |
| But now I am older I admit to my concerns | I |
| Though when I was young I harboured no fear | G |
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| I now view friends in a different way | H |
| Without them what would a person's existence be | A |
| Without them what would be left to say | H |
| Even if at times you disagree with friends | J |
| You keep them close as your allies for another day | H |
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| So the one I was I no longer am | K |
| Although my own god has survived intact | L |
| Other mortals' idols I no longer damn | K |
| As each and every one of us has his own convictions | M |
| Non sum qualis eram | K |
Alan S Jeeves
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