Soliloquy Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCD EEFFGGHH HHII JJKKLLMM| When I was young I had a care | A |
| Lest I should cheat me of my share | A |
| Of that which makes it sweet to strive | B |
| For life and dying still survive | B |
| A name in sunshine written higher | C |
| Than lark or poet dare aspire | D |
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| But I grew weary doing well | E |
| Besides 'twas sweeter in that hell | E |
| Down with the loud banditti people | F |
| Who robbed the orchards climbed the steeple | F |
| For jackdaws' eyes and made the cock | G |
| Crow ere 'twas daylight on the clock | G |
| I was so very bad the neighbours | H |
| Spoke of me at their daily labours | H |
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| And now I'm drinking wine in France | H |
| The helpless child of circumstance | H |
| To morrow will be loud with war | I |
| How will I be accounted for | I |
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| It is too late now to retrieve | J |
| A fallen dream too late to grieve | J |
| A name unmade but not too late | K |
| To thank the gods for what is great | K |
| A keen edged sword a soldier's heart | L |
| Is greater than a poet's art | L |
| And greater than a poet's fame | M |
| A little grave that has no name | M |
Francis Ledwidge
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