Ballade (double Refrain) Of Youth And Age - I. M. Thomas Edward Brown Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBCCDCD BCBCCDED BCBCCDED F CCDD| A | |
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| Spring at her height on a morn at prime | B |
| Sails that laugh from a flying squall | C |
| Pomp of harmony rapture of rhyme | B |
| Youth is the sign of them one and all | C |
| Winter sunsets and leaves that fall | C |
| An empty flagon a folded page | D |
| A tumble down wheel a tattered ball | C |
| These are a type of the world of Age | D |
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| Bells that clash in a gaudy chime | B |
| Swords that clatter in onsets tall | C |
| The words that ring and the fames that climb | B |
| Youth is the sign of them one and all | C |
| Hymnals old in a dusty stall | C |
| A bald blind bird in a crazy cage | D |
| The scene of a faded festival | E |
| These are a type of the world of Age | D |
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| Hours that strut as the heirs of time | B |
| Deeds whose rumour's a clarion call | C |
| Songs where the singers their souls sublime | B |
| Youth is the sign of them one and all | C |
| A staff that rests in a nook of wall | C |
| A reeling battle a rusted gage | D |
| The chant of a nearing funeral | E |
| These are a type of the world of Age | D |
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| Envoy | F |
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| Struggle and turmoil revel and brawl | C |
| Youth is the sign of them one and all | C |
| A smouldering hearth and a silent stage | D |
| These are a type of the world of Age | D |
William Ernest Henley
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