Felix Antonius Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCCB DEFD GHIG JKKJ| After Martial | A |
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| To day my friend is seventy five | B |
| He tells his tale with no regret | C |
| His brave old eyes are steadfast yet | C |
| His heart the lightest heart alive | B |
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| He sees behind him green and wide | D |
| The pathway of his pilgrim years | E |
| He sees the shore and dreadless hears | F |
| The whisper of the creeping tide | D |
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| For out of all his days not one | G |
| Has passed and left its unlaid ghost | H |
| To seek a light for ever lost | I |
| Or wail a deed for ever done | G |
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| So for reward of life long truth | J |
| He lives again as good men can | K |
| Redoubling his allotted span | K |
| With memories of a stainless youth | J |
Henry John Newbolt, Sir
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