Sixty To Sixteen Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBABAB ABABABAB ABCBABAB ABABABAB| If I were young as you Sixteen | A |
| And you were old as I | B |
| I would not be as I have been | C |
| You would not be so shy | B |
| We should not watch with careless mien | A |
| The golden days go by | B |
| If I were young as you Sixteen | A |
| And you were old as I | B |
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| The years of youth are yours Sixteen | A |
| Such years of old had I | B |
| But time has set his seal between | A |
| Dark eyebrow and dark eye | B |
| Sere grow the leaves that once were green | A |
| The song turns to a sigh | B |
| Ah very young are you Sixteen | A |
| And very old am I | B |
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| Red bloom times come and go Sixteen | A |
| With snow soft feet but I | B |
| Shall be no more as I have been | C |
| In times of bloom gone by | B |
| For dimmer grows the pleasant scene | A |
| Beneath the pleasant sky | B |
| The world is growing old Sixteen | A |
| The weary world and I | B |
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| Ah would that once again Sixteen | A |
| A kissing mouth had I | B |
| The days would gaily go I ween | A |
| Though death should stand anigh | B |
| If springtime s green were evergreen | A |
| If Love would never die | B |
| And I were young as you Sixteen | A |
| And you were old as I | B |
Victor James Daley
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