The Saddest Thought Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFGFHH| Sad is the wane of beauty to the fair | A |
| Sad is the flux of fortune to the proud | B |
| Sad is the look dejected lovers wear | A |
| And sad is worth beneath detraction's cloud | B |
| Sad is our youth's inexorable end | C |
| Sad is the bankruptcy of fancy's wealth | D |
| Sad is the last departure of a friend | C |
| And sadder than most things is loss of health | D |
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| And yet more sad than these to think upon | E |
| Is this the saddest thought beneath the sun | F |
| Life flowing like a river almost gone | G |
| Into eternity and nothing done | F |
| Let me be spared that bootless last regret | H |
| Let me work now I may do something yet | H |
W. M. Mackeracher
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