Friends . . . Old Friends . . . Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCBCDDEEAA AADFDFGGEEAA AAHIHIJJEEAA| Friends old friends | A |
| One sees how it ends | A |
| A woman looks | B |
| Or a man tells lies | C |
| And the pleasant brooks | B |
| And the quiet skies | C |
| Ruined with brawling | D |
| And caterwauling | D |
| Enchant no more | E |
| As they did before | E |
| And so it ends | A |
| With friends | A |
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| Friends old friends | A |
| And what if it ends | A |
| Shall we dare to shirk | D |
| What we live to learn | F |
| It has done its work | D |
| It has served its turn | F |
| And forgive and forget | G |
| Or hanker and fret | G |
| We can be no more | E |
| As we were before | E |
| When it ends it ends | A |
| With friends | A |
| - | |
| Friends old friends | A |
| So it breaks so it ends | A |
| There let it rest | H |
| It has fought and won | I |
| And is still the best | H |
| That either has done | I |
| Each as he stands | J |
| The work of its hands | J |
| Which shall be more | E |
| As he was before | E |
| What is it ends | A |
| With friends | A |
William Ernest Henley
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