Upon Watts' Picture Sic Transit Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBC D EFEF GHGH IJIJ| What I spent I had what I saved I lost what I gave I have | A |
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| But yesterday the tourney all the eager joy of life | B |
| The waving of the banners and the rattle of the spears | C |
| The clash of sword and harness and the madness of the strife | B |
| To night begin the silence and the peace of endless years | C |
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| One sings within | D |
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| But yesterday the glory and the prize | E |
| And best of all to lay it at her feet | F |
| To find my guerdon in her speaking eyes | E |
| I grudge them not they pass albeit sweet | F |
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| The ring of spears the winning of the fight | G |
| The careless song the cup the love of friends | H |
| The earth in spring to live to feel the light | G |
| 'Twas good the while it lasted here it ends | H |
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| Remain the well wrought deed in honour done | I |
| The dole for Christ's dear sake the words that fall | J |
| In kindliness upon some outcast one | I |
| They seemed so little now they are my All | J |
John Mccrae
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