When I Was Twenty Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAAA ABCB ABDA EBFB ABFB AAAA| It was June and I was twenty | A |
| All my wisdom poor but plenty | A |
| Never learned Festina lente | A |
| Youth is gone but whither went he | A |
| - | |
| Madeline came down the orchard | A |
| With a mischief in her eye | B |
| Half demure and half inviting | C |
| Melting wayward wistful shy | B |
| - | |
| Four bright eyes that found life lovely | A |
| And forgot to wonder why | B |
| Four warm lips at one love lesson | D |
| Learned by heart so easily | A |
| - | |
| We gained something of that knowledge | E |
| No man ever yet put by | B |
| But his after days of sorrow | F |
| Left him nothing but to die | B |
| - | |
| Madeline went up the orchard | A |
| Down the hurrying world went I | B |
| Now I know love has no morrow | F |
| Happiness no by and by | B |
| - | |
| Youth is gone but whither went he | A |
| All my wisdom poor but plenty | A |
| Never learned Festina lente | A |
| It was June and I was twenty | A |
Bliss Carman And Richard Hovey
(1)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
<< Verlaine Poem
Next Poem
Write your comment about When I Was Twenty poem by Bliss Carman And Richard Hovey
Best Poems of Bliss Carman And Richard Hovey