Regret Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABBCBC DEDEDFDF GBGBHIHI| It'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 William Service
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