Retirement Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCC DDEEFF GGHHII JJKKLL MMFFAA| Spirit of solitude silence and rest | A |
| Take me once more like a child to your breast | A |
| Weary of worldliness turmoil and hate | B |
| Welcome me back if it be not too late | B |
| Back to the realm of ideals and dreams | C |
| Hush of the forest and cadence of streams | C |
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| What have I found in life's whirlpool of haste | D |
| Pitiful poverty limitless waste | D |
| Sad disillusionments losses of friends | E |
| Treacherous methods for fraudulent ends | E |
| Idle frivolity senseless display | F |
| Youth without reverence faith in decay | F |
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| Gladly I turn from the roar of the crowd | G |
| Hand of the beggar and purse of the proud | G |
| Gladly go back to the humming of bees | H |
| Carols of birds and the whisper of trees | H |
| Gladly dispense with the voices of men | I |
| Thankful to hear only Nature again | I |
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| Out from the mob with its furious pace | J |
| Into the cool quiet reaches of space | J |
| Rid of Society's glittering chains | K |
| Fleeing a prison and finding the plains | K |
| Far from the clangor of murderous cars | L |
| Losing the limelight but gaining the stars | L |
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| Others may live in the turbulent throng | M |
| Others may struggle to rectify wrong | M |
| Strive with the strenuous laugh with the gay | F |
| I too have striven and laughed in my day | F |
| But of life's blessings I crave now the best | A |
| Freedom for solitude silence and rest | A |
John L. Stoddard
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