A Man Young And Old: Xi. From Oedipus At Colonus Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAB CCC DDD EEE| Endure what life God gives and ask no longer span | A |
| Cease to remember the delights of youth travel wearied aged man | A |
| Delight becomes death longing if all longing else be vain | B |
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| Even from that delight memory treasures so | C |
| Death despair division of families all entanglements of mankind grow | C |
| As that old wandering beggar and these God hated children know | C |
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| In the long echoing street the laughing dancers throng | D |
| The bride is carried to the bridegroom's chamber through torchlight and tumultuous song | D |
| I celebrate the silent kiss that ends short life or long | D |
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| Never to have lived is best ancient writers say | E |
| Never to have drawn the breath of life never to have looked into the eye of day | E |
| The second best's a gay goodnight and quickly turn away | E |
William Butler Yeats
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