The Old Poet Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEG HBHB IJIJ EKEL| I will be glad because it is the Spring | A |
| I will forget the winter in my heart | B |
| Dead hopes and withered promise and will wring | A |
| A little joy from life ere life depart | B |
| - | |
| For spendthrift youth with passion blinded eyes | C |
| Stays not to see how woods and fields are bright | D |
| He hears the phantom voices call he flies | C |
| Upon the track of some unknown delight | D |
| - | |
| To him the tender glory of the May | E |
| White wonder of the blossom and the clear | F |
| Soft green leaves that opened yesterday | E |
| This only say Forward my friend not here | G |
| - | |
| They breathe no other messages than this | H |
| They have no other meaning for his heart | B |
| Unto his troubled sense they tell of bliss | H |
| Which make themselves of bliss the better part | B |
| - | |
| Yea joy is near him tho' he does not know | I |
| Her unregarded shape is at his side | J |
| Her unheard voice is whispering clear and low | I |
| Whom resting never seeks he far and wide | J |
| - | |
| So once it was with us my heart To day | E |
| We will be glad because the leaves are green | K |
| Because the fields are fair and soft with May | E |
| Nor think on squandered springtimes that have been | L |
Amy Levy
(1)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
Write your comment about The Old Poet poem by Amy Levy
Best Poems of Amy Levy