The Calculation Of Life Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCDEFEFGHGHIJIJ KK| Thou art aged but recount | A |
| Since thy early life began | B |
| What may be the just amount | A |
| Thou shouldst number of thy span | B |
| How much to thy debts belong | C |
| How much when vain fancy caught thee | D |
| How much to the giddy throng | C |
| How much to the poor who sought thee | D |
| How much to thy lawyer's wiles | E |
| How much to thy menial crew | F |
| How much to thy lady's smiles | E |
| How much to thy sick bed due | F |
| How much for thy hours of leisure | G |
| For thy hurrying to and fro | H |
| How much for each idle pleasure | G |
| If the list thy memory know | H |
| Every wasted misspent day | I |
| Which regret can ne'er recall | J |
| If all theso them tak'st away | I |
| Thou wilt find thy age but small | J |
| That thy years were falsely told | K |
| And even now thou art not old | K |
Jean Antoine De Baif
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