Remorse Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFGHIJIJ KLMLMMMM| That scathing word I used in scorn | A |
| Though half a century ago | B |
| Comes back to me this April morn | A |
| Like boomerang to work me woe | B |
| Comes back to me with bitter blame | C |
| Though apple boughs are blossoming | D |
| And oh the anguish of my shame | C |
| Is sharper than a serpent's sting | D |
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| Age sensitizes us to pain | E |
| And when remembrance of some word | F |
| We spoke in wrath return again | G |
| It stab is like a driven sword | H |
| And if in some celestial span | I |
| Our hearts in penitence may bleed | J |
| For all the hurt we've done to man | I |
| Ah that would be a hell indeed | J |
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| So friends be careful of your words | K |
| Though other breasts may meet their steel | L |
| Lest they return like vengeful swords | M |
| Till yours the wounds that never heal | L |
| For Age the heart to mercy mellows | M |
| Foul memories haunt like evil elves | M |
| let us be gentle to our fellows | M |
| And win God's mercy for ourselves | M |
Robert Service
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