Belated Bard Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCE FGHGIJIJ CKCLMNMN OGOGAPAP| The songs I made from joy of earth | A |
| In wanton wandering | B |
| Are rapturous with Maytime mirth | A |
| And ectasy of Spring | B |
| But all the songs I sing today | C |
| Take tediously the ear | D |
| Novemberishly dark are they | C |
| With mortuary fear | E |
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| For half a century has gone | F |
| Since first I rang a rhyme | G |
| And that is long to linger on | H |
| The tolerance of Time | G |
| This blue veined hand with which I write | I |
| Yet answers to my will | J |
| Though four score years I count to night | I |
| I am unsilent still | J |
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| Senile old fool I hear you say | C |
| Beside the dying fire | K |
| You huddle and stiff fingered play | C |
| Your tired and tinny lyre | L |
| Well though your patience I may try | M |
| Bear with me yet awhile | N |
| And though you scorn my singing I | M |
| Will thank you with a smile | N |
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| For I such soul delighting joy | O |
| Have found in simple rhyme | G |
| Since first a happy hearted boy | O |
| I coaxed a word to chime | G |
| That ere I tryst with Mother Earth | A |
| Let from my heart arise | P |
| A song of youth and starry mirth | A |
| Then close my eyes | P |
Robert Service
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