To John Greenleaf Whittier Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBCBBCCADDADA| ON HIS EIGHTIETH BIRTHDAY | A |
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| FRIEND whom thy fourscore winters leave more dear | B |
| Than when life's roseate summer on thy cheek | C |
| Burned in the flush of manhood's manliest year | B |
| Lonely how lonely is the snowy peak | C |
| Thy feet have reached and mine have climbed so near | B |
| Close on thy footsteps 'mid the landscape drear | B |
| I stretch my hand thine answering grasp to seek | C |
| Warm with the love no rippling rhymes can speak | C |
| Look backward From thy lofty height survey | A |
| Thy years of toil of peaceful victories won | D |
| Of dreams made real largest hopes outrun | D |
| Look forward Brighter than earth's morning ray | A |
| Streams the pure light of Heaven's unsetting sun | D |
| The unclouded dawn of life's immortal day | A |
Oliver Wendell Holmes
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