Old Letters Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFE GHIHJKLK MNONPGQG BERESKMK| Last night some yellow letters fell | A |
| From out a scrip I found by chance | B |
| Among them was the silent ghost | C |
| The spirit of my first romance | B |
| And in a faint blue envelope | D |
| A withered rose long lost to dew | E |
| Bore witness to the dashing days | F |
| When love was large and wits were few | E |
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| Yet standing there all worn and grey | G |
| The teardrops quivered in my eyes | H |
| To think of Youth's unshaken front | I |
| The forehead lifted to the skies | H |
| How rough a hill my eager feet | J |
| Flung backward when upon its crest | K |
| I saw the flutter of the lace | L |
| The wind awoke on Helen's breast | K |
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| How thornless were the roses then | M |
| When fresh young eyes and lips were kind | N |
| When Cupid in our porches proved | O |
| How true the tale that Love is blind | N |
| But Red and White and Poverty | P |
| Would only mate while shone the May | G |
| Then came a Bag of Golden Crowns | Q |
| And jingled Red and White away | G |
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| Grown old and niggard of romance | B |
| I wince not much at aught askew | E |
| And often ask my favourite cat | R |
| What else had Red and White to do | E |
| And here's the bud that rose and sank | S |
| A crimson island on her breast | K |
| Why should I burn it Once again | M |
| Hide rose and dream God send me rest | K |
Norman Rowland Gale
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