Old Age Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEE FFGHII| The seas are quiet when the winds give o'er | A |
| So calm are we when passions are no more | B |
| For then we know how vain it was to boast | C |
| Of fleeting things so certain to be lost | D |
| Clouds of affection from our younger eyes | E |
| Conceal that emptiness which age descries | E |
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| The soul's dark cottage batter'd and decay'd | F |
| Lets in new light through chinks that Time hath made | F |
| Stronger by weakness wiser men become | G |
| As they draw near to their eternal home | H |
| Leaving the old both worlds at once they view | I |
| That stand upon the threshold of the new | I |
Edmund Waller
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