Older, Younger, Both Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFD GGHI JKLM NOHH PQM| I feel older younger both | A |
| at once Every time I win | B |
| I lose Every time I count | C |
| I forget and must begin again | D |
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| I must begin again and again I | E |
| must begin Every time I lose | F |
| I win and must begin again | D |
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| Everything I plan must wait and | G |
| having to wait has made me old and | G |
| the older I get the more I wait and everything | H |
| I'm waiting for has already been planned | I |
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| I feel sadder wiser neither | J |
| together Everything is almost | K |
| true and almost true is everywhere | L |
| I feel sadder wiser neither at once | M |
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| I end in beginning in ending I find | N |
| that beginning is the first thing to do | O |
| I stop when I start but my heart keeps on beating | H |
| so I must go on starting in spite of the stopping | H |
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| I must stop my stopping and start to start | P |
| I can end at the beginning or begin at the end | Q |
| I feel older younger both at once | M |
Joyce Sutphen
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