Let Me Die A Youngman's Death Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACA DEBEFG DEEHBI DBJEBKB ABABA| Let me die a youngman's death | A |
| not a clean and inbetween | B |
| the sheets holywater death | A |
| not a famous last words | C |
| peaceful out of breath death | A |
| - | |
| When I'm | D |
| and in constant good tumour | E |
| may I be mown down at dawn | B |
| by a bright red sports car | E |
| on my way home | F |
| from an allnight party | G |
| - | |
| Or when I'm | D |
| with silver hair | E |
| and sitting in a barber's chair | E |
| may rival gangsters | H |
| with hamfisted tommyguns burst in | B |
| and give me a short back and insides | I |
| - | |
| Or when I'm | D |
| and banned from the Cavern | B |
| may my mistress | J |
| catching me in bed with her daughter | E |
| and fearing for her son | B |
| cut me up into little pieces | K |
| and throw away every piece but one | B |
| - | |
| Let me die a youngman's death | A |
| not a free from sin tiptoe in | B |
| candle wax and waning death | A |
| not a curtains drawn by angels borne | B |
| 'what a nice way to go' death | A |
Roger Mcgough
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