Poems From "a Shropshire Lad" - Xxiii Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GBGBThe lads in their hundreds to Ludlow come in for the fair | A |
There's men from the barn and the forge and the mill and the fold | B |
The lads for the girls and the lads for the liquor are there | A |
And there with the rest are the lads that will never be old | B |
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There's chaps from the town and the field and the till and the cart | C |
And many to count are the stalwart and many the brave | D |
And many the handsome of face and the handsome of heart | C |
And few that will carry their looks or their truth to the grave | D |
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I wish one could know them I wish there were tokens to tell | E |
The fortunate fellows that now you can never discern | F |
And then one could talk with them friendly and wish them farewell | E |
And watch them depart on the way that they will not return | F |
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But now you may stare as you like and there's nothing to scan | G |
And brushing your elbow unguessed at and not to be told | B |
They carry back bright to the coiner the mintage of man | G |
The lads that will die in their glory and never be old | B |
Alfred Edward Housman
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