Regret Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABBCBC DEDEDFDF GBGBHIHIIt's not for laws I've broken | A |
That bitter tears I've wept | B |
But solemn vows I've spoken | A |
And promises unkept | B |
It's not for sins committed | B |
My heart is full of rue | C |
but gentle acts omitted | B |
Kind deeds I did not do | C |
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I have outlived the blindness | D |
The selfishness of youth | E |
The canker of unkindness | D |
The cruelty of truth | E |
The searing hurt of rudeness | D |
By mercies great and small | F |
I've come to reckon goodness | D |
The greatest gift of all | F |
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Let us be helpful ever | G |
to those who are in need | B |
And each new day endeavour | G |
To do some gentle deed | B |
For faults beyond our grieving | H |
What kindliness atone | I |
On earth by love achieving | H |
A Heaven of our own | I |
Robert Service
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