Old Clo Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDEF GHGHICI| I was just coming in from the garden | A |
| Or about to go fishing for eels | B |
| And smiling I asked you to pardon | A |
| My boots very low at the heels | B |
| And I thought that you never would go | C |
| As you stood in the doorway ajar | D |
| For my heart would keep saying 'Old Clo' | E |
| You're found out at last as you are ' | F |
| - | |
| I was almost ashamed to acknowledge | G |
| That I was the quarry you sought | H |
| For was I not bred in a college | G |
| And reared in a mansion you thought | H |
| And now in the latest style cut | I |
| With fortune more kinder I go | C |
| To welcome you half ways Ah but | I |
| I was nearer the gods when ' Old Clo' ' | - |
Francis Ledwidge
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