The Old Story Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF| Strange that I did not know him then | A |
| That friend of mine | B |
| I did not even show him then | A |
| One friendly sign | B |
| - | |
| But cursed him for the ways he had | C |
| To make me see | D |
| My envy of the praise he had | C |
| For praising me | D |
| - | |
| I would have rid the earth of him | E |
| Once in my pride | F |
| I never knew the worth of him | E |
| Until he died | F |
Edwin Arlington Robinson
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