Brown Penny Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDACE FBGBHICI| I whispered 'I am too young ' | A |
| And then 'I am old enough' | B |
| Wherefore I threw a penny | C |
| To find out if I might love | B |
| 'Go and love go and love young man | D |
| If the lady be young and fair ' | A |
| Ah penny brown penny brown penny | C |
| I am looped in the loops of her hair | E |
| - | |
| O love is the crooked thing | F |
| There is nobody wise enough | B |
| To find out all that is in it | G |
| For he would be thinking of love | B |
| Till the stars had run away | H |
| And the shadows eaten the moon | I |
| Ah penny brown penny brown penny | C |
| One cannot begin it too soon | I |
William Butler Yeats
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