The Old Men Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCC DEDE FGFH IJIJ KL L MN N| Old and alone sit we | A |
| Caged riddle rid men | B |
| Lost to earth's 'Listen ' and 'See ' | C |
| Thought's 'Wherefore ' and 'When ' | C |
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| Only far memories stray | D |
| Of a past once lovely but now | E |
| Wasted and faded away | D |
| Like green leaves from the bough | E |
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| Vast broods the silence of night | F |
| The ruinous moon | G |
| Lifts on our faces her light | F |
| Whence all dreaming is gone | H |
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| We speak not trembles each head | I |
| In their sockets our eyes are still | J |
| Desire as cold as the dead | I |
| Without wonder or will | J |
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| And One with a lanthorn draws near | K |
| At clash with the moon in our eyes | L |
| 'Where art thou ' he asks 'I am here ' | - |
| One by one we arise | L |
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| And none lifts a hand to withhold | M |
| A friend from the touch of that foe | N |
| Heart cries unto heart 'Thou art old ' | - |
| Yet reluctant we go | N |
Walter De La Mare
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