The Veteran Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCC DDEEFF GG| When I was young and bold and strong | A |
| Oh right was right and wrong was wrong | A |
| My plume on high my flag unfurled | B |
| I rode away to right the world | B |
| Come out you dogs and fight said I | C |
| And wept there was but once to die | C |
| - | |
| But I am old and good and bad | D |
| Are woven in a crazy plaid | D |
| I sit and say The world is so | E |
| And he is wise who lets it go | E |
| A battle lost a battle won | F |
| The difference is small my son | F |
| - | |
| Inertia rides and riddles me | G |
| The which is called Philosophy | G |
Dorothy Parker
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