Life Laughs Onward Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF AGAG| Rambling I looked for an old abode | A |
| Where years back one had lived I knew | B |
| Its site a dwelling duly showed | A |
| But it was new | B |
| - | |
| I went where not so long ago | C |
| The sod had riven two breasts asunder | D |
| Daisies throve gaily there as though | C |
| No grave were under | D |
| - | |
| I walked along a terrace where | E |
| Loud children gambolled in the sun | F |
| The figure that had once sat there | E |
| Was missed by none | F |
| - | |
| Life laughed and moved on unsubdued | A |
| I saw that Old succumbed to Young | G |
| 'Twas well My too regretful mood | A |
| Died on my tongue | G |
Thomas Hardy
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