Old Times Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDEF GHGHCIJI KLKLCMNM OPOPCQRQ SMSMTUCU

Friend of my youth let us talk of old timesA
Of the long lost golden hoursB
When Winter meant only Christmas chimesA
And Summer wreaths of flowersB
Life has grown old and cold my friendC
And the winter now means deathD
And summer blossoms speak all too plainE
Of the dear dead forms beneathF
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But let us talk of the past to nightG
And live it over againH
We will put the long years out of sightG
And dream we are young as thenH
But you must not look at me my friendC
And I must not look at youI
Or the furrowed brows and silvered locksJ
Will prove our dream untrueI
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Let us sing of the summer too sweet to lastK
And yet too sweet to dieL
Let us read tales from the book of the pastK
And talk of the days gone byL
We will turn our backs to the West my friendC
And forget we are growing oldM
The skies of the Present are dull and grayN
But the Past's are blue and goldM
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The sun has passed over the noontide lineO
And is sinking down the WestP
And of friends we knew in days Lang SyneO
Full half have gone to restP
And the few that are left on earth my friendC
Are scattered far and wideQ
But you and I will talk of the daysR
Ere any roamed or diedQ
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Auburn ringlets and hazel eyesS
Blue eyes and tresses of goldM
Winds joy laden and azure skiesS
Belong to those days of oldM
We will leave the Present's shores awhileT
And float on the Past's smooth seaU
But I must not look at you my friendC
And you must not look at meU

Ella Wheeler Wilcox



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