Funeral Of Youth, The: Threnody Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCDECFDGDDHDDDDII DDDDDCCJJDDKJDLDJDDM NOPODPDDQJDQJRRSTTThe day that YOUTH had died | A |
There came to his grave side | A |
In decent mourning from the country's ends | B |
Those scatter'd friends | B |
Who had lived the boon companions of his prime | C |
And laughed with him and sung with him and wasted | D |
In feast and wine and many crown'd carouse | E |
The days and nights and dawnings of the time | C |
When YOUTH kept open house | F |
Nor left untasted | D |
Aught of his high emprise and ventures dear | G |
No quest of his unshar'd | D |
All these with loitering feet and sad head bar'd | D |
Followed their old friend's bier | H |
FOLLY went first | D |
With muffled bells and coxcomb still revers'd | D |
And after trod the bearers hat in hand | D |
LAUGHTER most hoarse and Captain PRIDE with tanned | D |
And martial face all grim and fussy JOY | I |
Who had to catch a train and LUST poor snivelling boy | I |
These bore the dear departed | D |
Behind them broken hearted | D |
Came GRIEF so noisy a widow that all said | D |
Had he but wed | D |
Her elder sister SORROW in her stead | D |
And by her trying to soothe her all the time | C |
The fatherless children COLOUR TUNE and RHYME | C |
The sweet lad RHYME ran all uncomprehending | J |
Then at the way's sad ending | J |
Round the raw grave they stay'd Old WISDOM read | D |
In mumbling tone the Service for the Dead | D |
There stood ROMANCE | K |
The furrowing tears had mark'd her rouged cheek | J |
Poor old CONCEIT his wonder unassuaged | D |
Dead INNOCENCY's daughter IGNORANCE | L |
And shabby ill dress'd GENEROSITY | D |
And ARGUMENT too full of woe to speak | J |
PASSION grown portly something middle aged | D |
And FRIENDSHIP not a minute older she | D |
IMPATIENCE ever taking out his watch | M |
FAITH who was deaf and had to lean to catch | N |
Old WISDOM's endless drone | O |
BEAUTY was there | P |
Pale in her black dry eyed she stood alone | O |
Poor maz'd IMAGINATION FANCY wild | D |
ARDOUR the sunlight on his greying hair | P |
CONTENTMENT who had known YOUTH as a child | D |
And never seen him since And SPRING came too | D |
Dancing over the tombs and brought him flowers | Q |
She did not stay for long | J |
And TRUTH and GRACE and all the merry crew | D |
The laughing WINDS and RIVERS and lithe HOURS | Q |
And HOPE the dewy eyed and sorrowing SONG | J |
Yes with much woe and mourning general | R |
At dead YOUTH's funeral | R |
Even these were met once more together all | S |
Who erst the fair and living YOUTH did know | T |
All except only LOVE LOVE had died long ago | T |
Rupert Brooke
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