Eighty Not Out Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABABABACACABAB ADADAEAE| In the gay gleamy morn I adore to go walking | A |
| And oh what sweet people I meet on my way | B |
| I hail them with joy for I love to be talking | A |
| Although I have nothing important to say | B |
| I cheer the old grannies whose needles are plying | A |
| I watch the wee kiddies awhoop at their play | B |
| When sunny the sky is you'll not be denying | A |
| The morning's the bonniest bit of the day | B |
| With hair that is silver the look should be smiling | A |
| And lips that are ageful should surely be wise | C |
| And so I go gaily with gentle beguiling | A |
| Abidding for cheer in the bright of your eyes | C |
| I look at the vines and the blossoms with loving | A |
| I listen with glee to the thrush on the spray | B |
| And so with a song in my heart I am proving | A |
| That life is more beautiful every day | B |
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| For I think that old age is the rapture of living | A |
| And though I've had many a birthday of cheer | D |
| Of all the delectable days of God's giving | A |
| The best of the bunch is my eightieth year | D |
| So I will go gay in the beam of the morning | A |
| Another decade Oh I haven't a doubt | E |
| Adoring the world of the Lord's glad adorning | A |
| And sing to the glory of Ninety not Out | E |
Robert William Service
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