When I Was Young (the Adventures Of Seumas Beg) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDD EECCBFBFGG| I will not know when I am dead | A |
| If sun or moon is overhead | A |
| I'll stretch out flat without a sound | B |
| Inside a box beneath the ground | B |
| And never rise again to see | C |
| Branches lifting on a tree | C |
| Nor hear the song the finches sing | D |
| In the spring | D |
| - | |
| I'll not while sunny ages go | E |
| Lift a hand or wag a toe | E |
| But in a wooden box will be | C |
| Hidden for eternity | C |
| From sea and sun from sight and sound | B |
| From touch of people voice of friend | F |
| From all that makes my heart to bound | B |
| Denying such an end | F |
| It is so strange I wonder why | G |
| People die | G |
James Stephens
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