Old Times Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDEF GHGHCIJI KLKLCMNM OPOPCQRQ SMSMTUCUFriend of my youth let us talk of old times | A |
Of the long lost golden hours | B |
When Winter meant only Christmas chimes | A |
And Summer wreaths of flowers | B |
Life has grown old and cold my friend | C |
And the winter now means death | D |
And summer blossoms speak all too plain | E |
Of the dear dead forms beneath | F |
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But let us talk of the past to night | G |
And live it over again | H |
We will put the long years out of sight | G |
And dream we are young as then | H |
But you must not look at me my friend | C |
And I must not look at you | I |
Or the furrowed brows and silvered locks | J |
Will prove our dream untrue | I |
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Let us sing of the summer too sweet to last | K |
And yet too sweet to die | L |
Let us read tales from the book of the past | K |
And talk of the days gone by | L |
We will turn our backs to the West my friend | C |
And forget we are growing old | M |
The skies of the Present are dull and gray | N |
But the Past's are blue and gold | M |
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The sun has passed over the noontide line | O |
And is sinking down the West | P |
And of friends we knew in days Lang Syne | O |
Full half have gone to rest | P |
And the few that are left on earth my friend | C |
Are scattered far and wide | Q |
But you and I will talk of the days | R |
Ere any roamed or died | Q |
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Auburn ringlets and hazel eyes | S |
Blue eyes and tresses of gold | M |
Winds joy laden and azure skies | S |
Belong to those days of old | M |
We will leave the Present's shores awhile | T |
And float on the Past's smooth sea | U |
But I must not look at you my friend | C |
And you must not look at me | U |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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