At Eighty Years Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDED BFBFGBGB HIHIJBJBAs nothingness draws near | A |
How I can see | B |
Inexorably clear | A |
My vanity | B |
My sum of worthiness | C |
Always so small | D |
Dwindles from less to less | E |
To none at all | D |
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As grisly destiny | B |
Claims me at last | F |
How grievous seem to me | B |
Sins of my past | F |
How keen a conscience edge | G |
Can come to be | B |
How pitiless the dredge | G |
Of memory | B |
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Ye proud ones of the earth | H |
Who count your gains | I |
What cherish you of worth | H |
For all your pains | I |
E'er death shall slam the door | J |
Will you like me | B |
Face fate and count the score | J |
FUTILITY | B |
Robert William Service
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