Older Than You Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCCDAA EEFFGGHH IIJJKKEE| We are younger in years Yes that is true | A |
| But in some things we are older than you | A |
| For instance you sometimes say with a smile | B |
| 'It will do to drink wine once in a while ' | C |
| We say 'It will not do at all ' | C |
| Wine is an imp of old Alcohol | D |
| So are gin and beer and cider too | A |
| If you drink up them they will eat up you | A |
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| 'Cider is not a strong drink ' you say | E |
| Ah but my friend it opens the way | E |
| For brandy and whiskey to follow fast | F |
| It has done it many a time in the past | F |
| It tempts and teases the appetite | G |
| Let it alone boys keep to the right | G |
| Onward and upward we mean to go | H |
| Heaven is reached that way you know | H |
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| People who drink are behind the time | I |
| They are back with darkness and woe and crime | I |
| This age is progressive You people who drink | J |
| Though ever so little just pause and think | J |
| Think of the anguish that liquor makes | K |
| Think of the hearts that it burdens and breaks | K |
| Let it alone stop drinking to day | E |
| This is what we the children say | E |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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