The Funeral Of Youth: Threnody Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCDECFDGDDHDDDDII DDDDDCCJJDDKJDLDJDDM NOPODPDDQJDQJRRSTT| The 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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