Life Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABAB CBCBCB DBDBDB| WE are born we laugh we weep | A |
| We love we droop we die | B |
| Ah wherefore do we laugh or weep | A |
| Why do we live or die | B |
| Who knows that secret deep | A |
| Alas not I | B |
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| Why doth the violet spring | C |
| Unseen by human eye | B |
| Why do the radiant seasons bring | C |
| Sweet thoughts that quickly fly | B |
| Why do our fond hearts cling | C |
| To things that die | B |
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| We toil through pain and wrong | D |
| We fight and fly | B |
| We love we lose and then ere long | D |
| Stone dead we lie | B |
| O life is all thy song | D |
| Endure and die | B |
Barry Cornwall
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