Innocence Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGAHI JKLM NOPQMD| They laughed at one I loved | A |
| The triangular hill that hung | B |
| Under the Big Forth They said | C |
| That I was bounded by the whitethorn hedges | D |
| Of the little farm and did not know the world | E |
| But I knew that love's doorway to life | F |
| Is the same doorway everywhere | G |
| Ashamed of what I loved | A |
| I flung her from me and called her a ditch | H |
| Although she was smiling at me with violets | I |
| - | |
| But now I am back in her briary arms | J |
| The dew of an Indian Summer lies | K |
| On bleached potato stalks | L |
| What age am I | M |
| - | |
| I do not know what age I am | N |
| I am no mortal age | O |
| I know nothing of women | P |
| Nothing of cities | Q |
| I cannot die | M |
| Unless I walk outside these whitethorn hedges | D |
Patrick Kavanagh
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