The Old Year Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CDEF GGHH IIJJ| IT 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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