A Passage Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBCCADEFFGGHHII| THE world was made when a man was born | A |
| He must taste for himself the forbidden springs | B |
| He can never take warning from old fashioned things | B |
| He must fight as a boy he must drink as a youth | C |
| He must kiss he must love he must swear to the truth | C |
| Of the friend of his soul he must laugh to scorn | A |
| The hint of deceit in a woman's eyes | D |
| That are clear as the wells of Paradise | E |
| And so he goes on till the world grows old | F |
| Till his tongue has grown cautious his heart has grown cold | F |
| Till the smile leaves his mouth and the ring leaves his laugh | G |
| And he shirks the bright headache you ask him to quaff | G |
| He grows formal with men and with women polite | H |
| And distrustful of both when they're out of his sight | H |
| Then he eats for his palate and drinks for his head | I |
| And loves for his pleasure and 'tis time he was dead | I |
John Boyle O'reilly
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