In Tempore Senectutis Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCDA AEAEEEEA AEFECCGHA| When I am old | A |
| I will not have you look apart | B |
| From me into the cold | A |
| Friend of my heart | B |
| Nor be sad in your remembrance | C |
| Of the careless mad heart semblance | C |
| That the wind hath blown away | D |
| When I am old | A |
| - | |
| When I am old | A |
| And the white hot wonder fire | E |
| Unto the world seem cold | A |
| My soul's desire | E |
| Know you then that all life's shower | E |
| The rain of the years that hour | E |
| Shall make blow for us one flower | E |
| Including all when we are old | A |
| - | |
| When I am old | A |
| If you remember | E |
| Any love save what is then | F |
| Hearth light unto life's December | E |
| Be your joy of past sweet chalices | C |
| To know then naught but this | C |
| How many wonders are less sweet | G |
| Than love I bear to thee | H |
| When I am old | A |
Ezra Pound
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