Behind Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: AABB C D EEFF G

I saw an old man like a childA
His blue eyes bright his white hair wildA
Who turned for ever and might not stopB
Round and round like an urchin's topB
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'Fool ' I cried 'while you spin roundC
'Others grow wise are praised are crowned '-
Ever the same round road he trodD
'This is better I seek for God '-
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'We see the whole world left and rightE
Yet at the blind back hides from sightE
The unseen Master that drives us forthF
To East and West to South and NorthF
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'Over my shoulder for eighty yearsG
I have looked for the gleam of the sphere of spheres '-
'In all your turning what have you found '-
'At least I know why the world goes round '-

Gilbert Keith Chesterton



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