Answering Age Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCD EEA FF GGHHB| AGE is calling to me with his finger long and grim | A |
| It is urging me to wander down the dreary lanes with him | A |
| It has lined my cheeks with furrows and has tinged my hair with gray | B |
| And is ever whispering to me that I've grown too old to play | B |
| But the heart of me keeps saying 'Let us dance our way along | C |
| Let us answer age with laughter let us drive him off with song ' | D |
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| Age comes to me saying 'You are mine forever more | E |
| It is vain for you to hunger for the joys you knew of yore | E |
| Now the feet of you are weary and the eyes of you are dim | A |
| Come with me my worn out brother come and share my dwelling grim ' | - |
| But the heart of me keeps saying 'I will cling to youth for you | F |
| I will keep you in the sunshine where the skies are always blue | F |
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| 'Give to age your cheeks for furrows let him silver if he will | G |
| The hair about your temples but I'll keep you youthful still | G |
| Let him dull your eyes if need be weight your feet with bygone years | H |
| But I'll wake you with my singing when the break of day appears | H |
| I will fill your days with laughter and with roses strew your way | B |
| Say to age you do not fear him while your heart is young and gay ' | - |
Edgar Albert Guest
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