The Son In Old Age Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKALMNJOJPQ RSTUVWX| Thy noble face Regina calls to mind | A |
| My poor lost little one my latest born | B |
| He was a gift from God a sign of pardon | C |
| That child vouchsafed me in my eightieth year | D |
| I to his little cradle went and went | E |
| And even while 'twas sleeping talked to it | F |
| For when one's very old one is a child | G |
| Then took it up and placed it on my knees | H |
| And with both hands stroked down its soft light hair | I |
| Thou wert not born then and he would stammer | J |
| Those pretty little sounds that make one smile | K |
| And though not twelve months old he had a mind | A |
| He recognized me nay knew me right well | L |
| And in my face would laugh and that child laugh | M |
| Oh poor old man 'twas sunlight to my heart | N |
| I meant him for a soldier ay a conqueror | J |
| And named him George One day oh bitter thought | O |
| The child played in the fields When thou art mother | J |
| Ne'er let thy children out of sight to play | P |
| The gypsies took him from me oh for what | Q |
| Perhaps to kill him at a witch's rite | R |
| I weep now after twenty years I weep | S |
| As if 'twere yesterday I loved him so | T |
| I used to call him 'my own little king ' | U |
| I was intoxicated with my joy | V |
| When o'er my white beard ran his rosy hands | W |
| Thrilling me all through | X |
Victor Marie Hugo
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