Song: Half Hope Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDAEFG HIJCAKLM CCNOPQRS| August is gone and now this is September | A |
| Softer the sun in a cloudier sky | B |
| Yellow the leaves grow and apples grow golden | C |
| Blackberries ripen and hedges undress | D |
| Watch and you'll see the departure of summer | A |
| Here is the end this the last month of all | E |
| Pause and look back and remember its promise | F |
| All that looked open and easy in May | G |
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| Nothing will stay them the seasons go onward | H |
| Lightly the bright months fly out of my hand | I |
| Softly the leading note calls a new octave | J |
| Autumn is coming and what have I done | C |
| Even as summer my young days go over | A |
| No day to pause on and nowhere to rest | K |
| Slowly they go but implacably onwards | L |
| Ah and my dreams alas still they are dreams | M |
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| How shall I force all my flowers to fruition | C |
| Use up the season of ripening sun | C |
| Softly the years go but going have vanished | N |
| Soon I shall find myself empty and old | O |
| Yet I feel in myself bright buds and blossoms | P |
| Promise of mellowest bearing to be | Q |
| Still I have time beside what I have wasted | R |
| Life shall be good to me work shall be sweet | S |
Edward Shanks
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