Beautiful Old Age Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABA CDEF GHAI JAK HHIt 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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