Song In The Manner Of Housman Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDE EEFFG HGHHG| O woe woe | A |
| People are born and die | B |
| We also shall be dead pretty soon | C |
| Therefore let us act as if we were | D |
| dead already | E |
| - | |
| The bird sits on the hawthorn tree | E |
| But he dies also presently | E |
| Some lads get hung and some get shot | F |
| Woeful is this human lot | F |
| Woe woe etcetera | G |
| - | |
| London is a woeful place | H |
| Shropshire is much pleasanter | G |
| Then let us smile a little space | H |
| Upon fond nature's morbid grace | H |
| Oh Woe woe woe etcetera | G |
Ezra Pound
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