Swan Song Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BCBCDDDC EFEFGGGF| A | |
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| We are not sure of sorrow | B |
| And joy was never sure | C |
| To day will die tomorrow | B |
| Time stoops to no man s lure | C |
| And love grown faint and fretful | D |
| With lips but half regretful | D |
| Sighs and with eyes forgetful | D |
| Weeps that no loves endure | C |
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| From too much love of living | E |
| From hope and fear set free | F |
| We thank with brief thanksgiving | E |
| Whatever gods may be | F |
| That no life lives for ever | G |
| That dead men rise up never | G |
| That even the weariest river | G |
| Winds somewhere safe to sea | F |
Algernon Charles Swinburne
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Iggy : I read this in KOTLC series and it's weird because this is the real Swan Song rather than the homemade version Shannon Messenger came up with.
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