Youth Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGHGH IJKJLMLM| WHY linger round the sunken wrecks | A |
| Where old Armadas found their graves | B |
| Why slumber on the sleepy decks | A |
| While foam and clash the angry waves | B |
| Up when the storm blast rends the clouds | C |
| And winged with ruin sweeps the gale | D |
| Young feet must climb the quivering shrouds | C |
| Young hands must reef the bursting sail | D |
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| Leave us to fight the tyrant creeds | E |
| Who felt their shackles feel their scars | F |
| The cheerful sunlight little heeds | E |
| The brutes that prowled beneath the stars | F |
| The dawn is here the day star shows | G |
| The spoils of many a battle won | H |
| But sin and sorrow still are foes | G |
| That face us in the morning sun | H |
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| Who sleeps beneath yon bannered mound | I |
| The proudly sorrowing mourner seeks | J |
| The garland bearing crowd surrounds | K |
| A light haired boy with beardless cheeks | J |
| 'T is time this 'fallen world' should rise | L |
| Let youth the sacred work begin | M |
| What nobler task what fairer prize | L |
| Than earth to save and Heaven to win | M |
Oliver Wendell Holmes
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