Beautiful Old Age Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABA CDEF GHAI JAK HH| It ought to be lovely to be old | A |
| to be full of the peace that comes of experience | B |
| and wrinkled ripe fulfilment | A |
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| The wrinkled smile of completeness that follows a life | C |
| lived undaunted and unsoured with accepted lies | D |
| they would ripen like apples and be scented like pippins | E |
| in their old age | F |
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| Soothing old people should be like apples | G |
| when one is tired of love | H |
| Fragrant like yellowing leaves and dim with the soft | A |
| stillness and satisfaction of autumn | I |
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| And a girl should say | J |
| It must be wonderful to live and grow old | A |
| Look at my mother how rich and still she is | K |
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| And a young man should think By Jove | H |
| my father has faced all weathers but it's been a life | H |
David Herbert Lawrence
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