When I Get Old Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDDE FGHE IJKLE MNEOE PQRSET| Just when the day wanes longer | A |
| Legs and body not getting any stronger | A |
| Memory short and not clear | B |
| Times of ending days are near | B |
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| Hair turns from gray to white | C |
| And it seems like you're not feeling right | C |
| When you're hearing turns quiet | D |
| And you're not as fit but put on a strict diet | D |
| That's when I get old | E |
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| When there's less and less of family and friends | F |
| And it seems to wonder when will it end | G |
| When the beginning seems far far away after day | H |
| That's when I'm getting old | E |
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| Time is swiftly moving a long | I |
| Super speed in minutes and time | J |
| The winter years are quietly here | K |
| Those days you can't get back or even find | L |
| That's when I'm getting old | E |
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| When family multiplies even more | M |
| One by one and generation after generation | N |
| They are your family strong and bold | E |
| Building up of what we have left | O |
| This is the duty of family when I get old | E |
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| Looking back through the years | P |
| In the mirror of life it's self | Q |
| Going back in time in space | R |
| Where knowledge is like wealth | S |
| As I 'm getting old | E |
| Nov | T |
Kenneth R. Jenkins
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