The Old Year Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CDEF GGHH IIJJIT PASSED like the breath of the night wind away | A |
It fled like a mist at the dawn of the day | A |
It lasted its moment then backward was hurled | B |
Another increase to the age of the world | B |
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It passed with its shadows its smiles and its tears | C |
It passed as a stream to the ocean of years | D |
Years that were coming were here and are o er | E |
The ages departed to visit no more | F |
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It passed but the bark on its billowy track | G |
Leaves an impression on waters aback | G |
The glow of the gloaming remains on the sky | H |
Unwilling to leave us unwilling to die | H |
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It fled but away and away in its wake | I |
There lingers a something that time cannot break | I |
The past and the future are joined by a chain | J |
And memories live that must ever remain | J |
Henry Kendall
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