The Old Year And The New Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDC EFEF GHGH FIFI A JKJK LMLM NONO MPMP| I | A |
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| As one in sorrow looks upon | B |
| The dead face of a loyal friend | C |
| By the dim light of New Year's dawn | D |
| I saw the Old Year end | C |
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| Upon the pallid features lay | E |
| The dear old smile so warm and bright | F |
| Ere thus its cheer had died away | E |
| In ashes of delight | F |
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| The hands that I had learned to love | G |
| With strength of passion half divine | H |
| Were folded now all heedless of | G |
| The emptiness of mine | H |
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| The eyes that once had shed their bright | F |
| Sweet looks like sunshine now were dull | I |
| And ever lidded from the light | F |
| That made them beautiful | I |
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| II | A |
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| The chimes of bells were in the air | J |
| And sounds of mirth in hall and street | K |
| With pealing laughter everywhere | J |
| And throb of dancing feet | K |
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| The mirth and the convivial din | L |
| Of revelers in wanton glee | M |
| With tunes of harp and violin | L |
| In tangled harmony | M |
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| But with a sense of nameless dread | N |
| I turned me from the merry face | O |
| Of this newcomer to my dead | N |
| And kneeling there a space | O |
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| I sobbed aloud all tearfully | M |
| By this dear face so fixed and cold | P |
| O Lord let not this New Year be | M |
| As happy as the old | P |
James Whitcomb Riley
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