The Road To Old Man's Town Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCCD EFEF GDGGD| The fields of youth are filled with flowers | A |
| The wine of youth is strong | B |
| What need have we to count the hours | A |
| The summer days are long | B |
| But soon we find to our dismay | C |
| That we are drifting down | D |
| The barren slopes that fall away | C |
| Towards the foothills grim and grey | C |
| That lead to Old Man's Town | D |
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| And marching with us on the track | E |
| Full many friends we find | F |
| We see them looking sadly back | E |
| For those who've dropped behind | F |
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| But God forfend a fate so dread | G |
| Alone to travel down | D |
| The dreary road we all must tread | G |
| With faltering steps and whitening head | G |
| The road to Old Man's Town | D |
Banjo Paterson
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