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