A Birthday Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABAAB CBCCB DBDDE FBGFB

THE three Fates sat in a house of birthA
Ah well a day ah well a dayB
Their eyes were bright but not with mirthA
They have no love for the sons of earthA
And their lips were parched and grayB
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Their gray locks hung from brow to chinC
Ah well a day ah well a dayB
One held the distaff and one did spinC
And one held shears in her fingers thinC
Three silent hags were theyB
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We saw not the thread which the sisters spunD
Ah well a day ah well a dayB
Nor whether in white or in black begunD
But on her with the shears that elder oneD
Our eyes were fixed alwayE
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A thread I ween of tangled yearsF
Ah well a day ah well a dayB
God stay her hand that holds the shearsG
Our hopes are stronger than our fearsF
For the bud upon life's sprayB
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Frederick George Scott



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