The Book Of Memory Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCDAAEE FFGGHHIIJJ KKLLMNO PP QQIIRRSSAA| Turn me loose and let me be | A |
| Young once more and fancy free | A |
| Let me wander where I will | B |
| Down the lane and up the hill | B |
| Trudging barefoot in the dust | C |
| In an age that knows no 'must ' | D |
| And no voice insistently | A |
| Speaks of duty unto me | A |
| Let me tread the happy ways | E |
| Of those by gone yesterdays | E |
| - | |
| Fame had never whispered then | F |
| Making slaves of eager men | F |
| Greed had never called me down | G |
| To the gray walls of the town | G |
| Offering frankincense and myrrh | H |
| If I'd be its prisoner | H |
| I was free to come and go | I |
| Where the cherry blossoms blow | I |
| Free to wander where I would | J |
| Finding life supremely good | J |
| - | |
| But I turned as all must do | K |
| From the happiness I knew | K |
| To the land of care and strife | L |
| Seeking for a fuller life | L |
| Heard the lure of fame and sought | M |
| That renown so dearly bought | N |
| Listened to the voice of greed | O |
| Saying 'These the things you need ' | - |
| Now the gray town holds me fast | P |
| Prisoner to the very last | P |
| - | |
| Age has stamped me as its own | Q |
| Youth to younger hearts has flown | Q |
| Still the cherry blossoms blow | I |
| In the land loused to know | I |
| Still the fragrant clover spills | R |
| Perfume over dales and hills | R |
| But I'm not allowed to stray | S |
| Where the young are free to play | S |
| All the years will grant to me | A |
| Is the book of memory | A |
Edgar Albert Guest
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