A Man Young And Old: I. First Love Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEF GHIJKA LMNOPM| Though nurtured like the sailing moon | A |
| In beauty's murderous brood | B |
| She walked awhile and blushed awhile | C |
| And on my pathway stood | D |
| Until I thought her body bore | E |
| A heart of flesh and blood | F |
| - | |
| But since I laid a hand thereon | G |
| And found a heart of stone | H |
| I have attempted many things | I |
| And not a thing is done | J |
| For every hand is lunatic | K |
| That travels on the moon | A |
| - | |
| She smiled and that transfigured me | L |
| And left me but a lout | M |
| Maundering here and maundering there | N |
| Emptier of thought | O |
| Than the heavenly circuit of its stars | P |
| When the moon sails out | M |
William Butler Yeats
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