When An Old Man Gets To Thinking Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD EEFG HHGG IIJJ

When an old man gets to thinking of the years he's traveled throughA
He hears again the laughter of the little ones he knewA
He isn't counting money and he isn't planning schemesB
He's at home with friendly people in the shadow of his dreamsB
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When he's lived through all life's trials and his sun is in the westC
When he's tasted all life's pleasures and he knows which ones were bestC
Then his mind is stored with riches not of silver and of goldD
But of happy smiling faces and the joys he couldn't holdD
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Could we see what he is seeing as he's dreaming in his chairE
We should find no scene of struggle in the distance over thereE
As he counts his memory treasures we should see some shady laneF
Where's he walking with his sweetheart young and arm in arm againG
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We should meet with friendly people simple tender folk and kindH
That had once been glad to love him In his dreaming we should findH
All the many little beauties that enrich the lives of menG
That the eyes of youth scarce notice and the poets seldom penG
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Age will tell you that the memory is the treasure house of manI
Gold and fleeting fame may vanish but life's riches never canI
For the little home of laughter and the voice of every friendJ
And the joys of real contentment linger with us to the endJ

Edgar Albert Guest



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