To Clara Morris Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCE EEEE FGFG HEHE HIHI EEEE HEHE| In days gone by the poets wrote | A |
| Sweet verses to the ladies fair | B |
| Described the nightingale's clear note | A |
| Or penned an Ode to Daphne's hair | B |
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| To dare all for a woman's smile | C |
| Or breathe one's heart out in a rose | D |
| Such trifles now are out of style | C |
| The scented manuscript must close | E |
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| Yet Villon wrote his roundelays | E |
| And that sweet singer Horace | E |
| But I will sing of other days | E |
| In praise of Clara Morris | E |
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| Youth is but the joy of life | F |
| Not the eternal moping | G |
| We get no happiness from strife | F |
| Nor yet by blindly groping | G |
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| All the world's a stage you know | H |
| The men and women actors | E |
| A little joy a little woe | H |
| These are but human factors | E |
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| The mellow days still come and go | H |
| The earth is full of beauty | I |
| If we would only think it so | H |
| Life is not all a duty | I |
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| And you are young in heart not years | E |
| Is this not true because | E |
| You mingle happiness with tears | E |
| And do not look for flaws | E |
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| Your silver hair is but the snow | H |
| That drifts above the roses | E |
| And though the years may come and go | H |
| They can but scatter posies | E |
Edwin C. Ranck
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