The Parting Song Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBC DEFEF GHG I BJBJI KLMLI NFNFI| FESTIVAL OF THE ALUMNI | A |
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| THE noon of summer sheds its ray | B |
| On Harvard's holy ground | C |
| The Matron calls the sons obey | B |
| And gather smiling round | C |
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| CHORUS | D |
| Then old and young together stand | E |
| The sunshine and the snow | F |
| As heart to heart and hand in hand | E |
| We sing before we go | F |
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| Her hundred opening doors have swung | G |
| Through every storied hall | H |
| The pealing echoes loud have rung | G |
| 'Thrice welcome one and all ' | - |
| Then old and young etc | I |
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| We floated through her peaceful bay | B |
| To sail life's stormy seas | J |
| But left our anchor where it lay | B |
| Beneath her green old trees | J |
| Then old and young etc | I |
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| As now we lift its lengthening chain | K |
| That held us fast of old | L |
| The rusted rings grow bright again | M |
| Their iron turns to gold | L |
| Then old and young etc | I |
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| Though scattered ere the setting sun | N |
| As leaves when wild winds blow | F |
| Our home is here our hearts are one | N |
| Till Charles forgets to flow | F |
| Then old and young etc | I |
Oliver Wendell Holmes
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