Looking Back Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD AEAECDCD AFAFCDCD AGAGCDCD| I've been sitting reviewing the past dear wife | A |
| From the time when a toddling child | B |
| Through my boyish days with their joys and strife | A |
| Through my youth with its passions wild | B |
| Through my manhood with all its triumph and fret | C |
| To the present so tranquil and free | D |
| And the years of the past that I most regret | C |
| Are the years that I passed without thee | D |
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| It was best we should meet as we did dear wife | A |
| It was best we had trouble to face | E |
| For it bound us more closely together through life | A |
| And it nerved us for running the race | E |
| We are nearing the end where the goal is set | C |
| And we fear not our destiny | D |
| And the only years that I now regret | C |
| Are the years that I passed without thee | D |
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| 'Twas thy beauty attracted my eye dear wife | A |
| But thy goodness that kept me true | F |
| 'Twas thy sympathy soothed me when cares were rife | A |
| 'Twas thy smile gave me courage anew | F |
| Thy bloom may be faded by time but yet | C |
| Thou hast still the same beauty to me | D |
| And no part of my past do I now regret | C |
| Save the years that I passed without thee | D |
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| We have struggled and suffered our share dear wife | A |
| But our joys have been many and sweet | G |
| And our trust in each other has taken from life | A |
| The heartaches and pangs others meet | G |
| I still bless the day long ago when we met | C |
| And my prayer for the future shall be | D |
| That when the call comes and thy life's sun has set | C |
| I may never be parted from thee | D |
John Hartley
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