As I Grew Older Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEBFDDBGHAIADDHAJ JHBKLAEME| It was a long time ago | A |
| I have almost forgotten my dream | B |
| But it was there then | C |
| In front of me | D |
| Bright like a sun | E |
| My dream | B |
| And then the wall rose | F |
| Rose slowly | D |
| Slowly | D |
| Between me and my dream | B |
| Rose until it touched the sky | G |
| The wall | H |
| Shadow | A |
| I am black | I |
| I lie down in the shadow | A |
| No longer the light of my dream before me | D |
| Above me | D |
| Only the thick wall | H |
| Only the shadow | A |
| My hands | J |
| My dark hands | J |
| Break through the wall | H |
| Find my dream | B |
| Help me to shatter this darkness | K |
| To smash this night | L |
| To break this shadow | A |
| Into a thousand lights of sun | E |
| Into a thousand whirling dreams | M |
| Of sun | E |
Langston Hughes
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