Old David Smail Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH CICI JKJK| He dreamed away his hours in school | A |
| He sat with such an absent air | B |
| The master reckoned him a fool | A |
| And gave him up in dull despair | B |
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| When other lads were making hay | C |
| You'd find him loafing by the stream | D |
| He'd take a book and slip away | C |
| And just pretend to fish and dream | D |
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| His brothers passed him in the race | E |
| They climbed the hill and clutched the prize | F |
| He did not seem to heed his face | E |
| Was tranquil as the evening skies | F |
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| He lived apart he spoke with few | G |
| Abstractedly through life he went | H |
| Oh what he dreamed of no one knew | G |
| And yet he seemed to be content | H |
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| I see him now so old and gray | C |
| His eyes with inward vision dim | I |
| And though he faltered on the way | C |
| Somehow I almost envied him | I |
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| At last beside his bed I stood | J |
| And is Life done so soon he sighed | K |
| It's been so rich so full so good | J |
| I've loved it all and so he died | K |
Robert William Service
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