Freshman's Term Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDEDFGFGHIHIJKJK LMLMNONO| Return again thou Freshman's year | A |
| When bloom was on the rye | B |
| When breakfast came with bottled beer | A |
| When Pleasure walked the High | B |
| When Torpid Bumps were more by far | C |
| To every opening mind | D |
| Than Trade or Shares or Peace or War | E |
| To senior humankind | D |
| When ribbons of outrageous hues | F |
| Were worn with honest pride | G |
| When much was talked of boats and crews | F |
| When Proctors were defied | G |
| When Tick was in its early bloom | H |
| When Schools were far away | I |
| As vaguely distant as the tomb | H |
| Nor more regarded they | I |
| When arm was freely linked with arm | J |
| Beneath the College limes | K |
| When Sunday grinds possessed a charm | J |
| Denied to College Rhymes | K |
| When ices were in much request | L |
| Beside the April fire | M |
| When men were very strangely dressed | L |
| By Standen or by Prior | M |
| Return ye Freshman's Terms They DO | N |
| Return and much the same | O |
| To boys who just like me and you | N |
| Play the absurd old game | O |
Andrew Lang
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