Brittle Bones Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDED AFAFGHIJ AKAKLJLH AKAKMJNH AFAFKJOH| Though I am an old man | A |
| With my bones very brittle | B |
| Though I am a poor old man | A |
| Worth very little | B |
| Yet I suck at my long pipe | C |
| At peace in the sun | D |
| I do not fret nor much regret | E |
| That my work is done | D |
| - | |
| If I were a young man | A |
| With my bones full of marrow | F |
| Oh if I were a bold young man | A |
| Straight as an arrow | F |
| And if I had the same years | G |
| To live once again | H |
| I would not change their simple range | I |
| Of laughter and pain | J |
| - | |
| If I were a young man | A |
| And young was my Lily | K |
| A smart girl a bold young man | A |
| Both of us silly | K |
| And though from time before I knew | L |
| She'd stab me with pain | J |
| Though well I knew she'd not be true | L |
| I'd love her again | H |
| - | |
| If I were a young man | A |
| With a brisk healthy body | K |
| Oh if I were a bold young man | A |
| With love of rum toddy | K |
| Though I knew that I was spiting | M |
| My old age with pain | J |
| My happy lip would touch and sip | N |
| Again and again | H |
| - | |
| If I were a young man | A |
| With my bones full of marrow | F |
| Oh if I were a bold young man | A |
| Straight as an arrow | F |
| I'd store up no virtue | K |
| For Heaven's distant plain | J |
| I'd live at ease as I did please | O |
| And sin once again | H |
Robert Graves
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