I Ain't Dead Yet Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCADEC FFGGCADEC HHIICADEC| Time was I used to worry and I'd sit around an' sigh | A |
| And think with every ache I got that I was goin' to die | A |
| I'd see disaster comin' from a dozen different ways | B |
| An' prophesy calamity an' dark and dreary days | B |
| But I've come to this conclusion that it's foolishness to fret | C |
| I've had my share o' sickness but I | A |
| Ain't | D |
| Dead | E |
| Yet | C |
| - | |
| Wet springs have come to grieve me an' I've grumbled at the showers | F |
| But I can't recall a June time that forgot to bring the flowers | F |
| I've had my business troubles and looked failure in the face | G |
| But the crashes I expected seemed to pass right by the place | G |
| So I'm takin' life more calmly pleased with everything I get | C |
| An' not over hurt by losses 'cause I | A |
| Ain't | D |
| Dead | E |
| Yet | C |
| - | |
| I've feared a thousand failures an' a thousand deaths I've died | H |
| I've had this world in ruins by the gloom I've prophesied | H |
| But the sun shines out this mornin' an' the skies above are blue | I |
| An' with all my griefs an' trouble I have somehow lived 'em through | I |
| There may be cares before me much like those that I have met | C |
| Death will come some day an' take me but I | A |
| Ain't | D |
| Dead | E |
| Yet | C |
Edgar Albert Guest
(1)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
Write your comment about I Ain't Dead Yet poem by Edgar Albert Guest
Best Poems of Edgar Albert Guest