In Age Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB ACAC DEDE FGFH| The wine of life was rough and new | A |
| But sweet beyond belief | B |
| And wrong was false and right was true | A |
| The rose was in the leaf | B |
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| In that good sunlight well we knew | A |
| The hues of wrong and right | C |
| We slept among the roses through | A |
| The long enchanted night | C |
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| Now to our eyes made dim with years | D |
| Right intertwines with wrong | E |
| How can we hear with these tired ears | D |
| The old the magic song | E |
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| But this we know wine once was red | F |
| Roses were red and dear | G |
| Once in our ears the truths were said | F |
| That now the young men hear | H |
Edith Nesbit
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