Old And New Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCE FGFG HAHA IJIJ| Long have the poets vaunted in their lays | A |
| Old times old loves old friendships and old wine | B |
| Why should the old monopolise all praise | A |
| Then let the new claim mine | B |
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| Give me strong new friends when the old prove weak | C |
| Or fail me in my darkest hour of need | D |
| Why perish with the ship that springs a leak | C |
| Or lean upon a read | E |
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| Give me new love warm palpitating sweet | F |
| When all the grace and beauty leaves the old | G |
| When like a rose it withers at my feet | F |
| Or like a hearth grows cold | G |
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| Give me new times bright with a prosperous cheer | H |
| In place of old tear blotted burdened days | A |
| I hold a sunlit present far more dear | H |
| And worthy of my praise | A |
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| When the old creeds are threadbare and worn through | I |
| And all too narrow for the broadening soul | J |
| Give me the fine firm texture of the new | I |
| Fair beautiful and whole | J |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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