The Young Letter Writer Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEG HIHI JKJK GLGB| Dear Sir Dear Madam or Dear Friend | A |
| With ease are written at the top | B |
| When those two happy words are penned | A |
| A youthful writer oft will stop | B |
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| And bite his pen and lift his eyes | C |
| As if he thinks to find in air | D |
| The wished for following words or tries | C |
| To fix his thoughts by fix d stare | D |
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| But haply all in vain the next | E |
| Two words may be so long before | F |
| They'll come the writer sore perplext | E |
| Gives in despair the matter o'er | G |
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| And when maturer age he sees | H |
| With ready pen so swift inditing | I |
| With envy he beholds the ease | H |
| Of long accustomed letter writing | I |
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| Courage young friend the time may be | J |
| When you attain maturer age | K |
| Some young as you are now may see | J |
| You with like ease glide down a page | K |
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| Even then when you to years a debtor | G |
| In varied phrase your meanings wrap | L |
| The welcomest words in all your letter | G |
| May be those two kind words at top | B |
Charles Lamb
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